Bowel obstruction: a narrative review for all physicians

Small and large bowel obstructions are responsible for approximately 15% of hospital admissions for acute abdominal pain in the USA and ~ 20% of cases needing acute surgical care. Starting from the analysis of a common clinical problem, we want to guide primary care physicians in the initial managem...

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Autores principales: Catena, Fausto, De Simone, Belinda, Coccolini, Federico, Di Saverio, Salomone, Sartelli, Massimo, Ansaloni, Luca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6489175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31168315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13017-019-0240-7
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Sumario:Small and large bowel obstructions are responsible for approximately 15% of hospital admissions for acute abdominal pain in the USA and ~ 20% of cases needing acute surgical care. Starting from the analysis of a common clinical problem, we want to guide primary care physicians in the initial management of a patient presenting with acute abdominal pain associated with intestinal obstruction.

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