BACKGROUND/AIM The effects of different prokinetic agents, the motilide erythromycin and the substituted benzamides metoclopramide and cisapride, were investigated in a rat model of postoperative ileus. These effects were compared with that of granisetron, a 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT(3)) receptor antagonist, and a novel enterokinetic agent, prucalopride, a 5-HT(4) receptor agonist. METHODS Di...

A 74-year-old Taiwanese woman with diabetes mellitus came to the emergency department with a 1-week period of diffuse abdominal pain. She had been followed for asymptomatic gallstone (Figure 1A). Physical examination showed diffuse tenderness of abdomen and plain film of abdomen revealed intestinal obstruction (Figure 1B). Total serum bilirubin was 0.6mg/dl, glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase ...

Ingestion of toy balloons and condoms filled with drugs is well recognized. A case is reported in which a fluid filled condom ingested as a result of a practical joke caused intestinal obstruction.

Methamphetamine abuse has become a significant problem in the United States with recent surveys reporting that nearly 10 million Americans have tried methamphetamine at least once. Methamphetamine is a stimulant drug that causes the release of monoamine neurotransmitters. Among its most deleterious effects are its ability to produce tachycardia, hypertension, and ischemia. However, it also has ...

conclusions intravenous magnesium reduces postoperative ileus, postoperative severe pain and intra/post operative analgesic requirements in patients after major gi surgery. no side effects of magnesium in these doses were seen, so it seems to be beneficial along with routine general anesthesia in major gi surgeries. patients and methods a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled study was p...

Background: Manipulation of the bowel during abdominal surgery leads to a period of ileus, which is most severely manifested after procedures that directly involve the colon. Ileus is associated with the increased expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, a leukocytic infiltration into the muscularis, and the release of mediators from resident and infiltrating leukocytes that dir...

Biliary ileus is a rare disease and an infrequent cause of intestinal obstruction, occasionally occurs in frail elderly patients has certain predilection for the female sex. The diagnosis complex requires high clinical suspicion complementary examinations such as abdominal radiography contrasted tomography. Treatment should be individualized according to characteristics each patient, with alter...

The present study was designed to compare the clinical course of children diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) in infancy due to the presence of meconium ileus (MI) with children diagnosed by way of a newborn screening programme (non-MI). A matched case-control study design was used. Matching was performed on the basis of sex and date of birth. All children born in New South Wales, Australia aft...

Sigmoid colon gallstone ileus is a mechanical large bowel obstruction caused by a biliary stone which migrates into the colon through a cholecysto-enteric fistula and gets impacted in the sigma. It is a very rare complication of gallbladder calculosis in the general population, but its frequency increases with age, with elderly people being the most frequently affected. Diagnosis is often delay...