abstract gallstone ileus is a rare complication of cholelithiasis found in less than 0.5% of patients. it is an uncommon cause of small bowel obstruction, accounting for 1% to 3% of all mechanical bowel obstructions and over 25% of nonstrangulated bowel obstructions in patients older than 65 years with a female predominance. we report a 60-year-old woman who was referred to our hospital because...

Gallstone ileus due to erosion of one or more gallstones into the gastrointestinal tract is an uncommon cause of small bowel obstruction. The site of impaction is usually distal ileum, and less commonly the jejunum, colon, duodenum, or stomach. We report a rare case of gallstone ileus with impaction at the proximal small bowel and at a Meckel's diverticulum (MD) in a 64-year-old woman managed w...

BACKGROUND Severely malnourished children aged under five years requiring hospital admission for diarrheal illness frequently develop ileus during hospitalization with often fatal outcomes. However, there is no data on risk factors and outcome of ileus in such children. We intended to evaluate predictive factors for ileus during hospitalization and their outcomes. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDIN...

Background and Objectives: Postoperative ileus is common after abdominal resection. It causes gas store, distention, nausea, vomiting, and even pain. This study examines the impact of gum chewing as a type of sham feeding on the duration of postoperative ileus. Methods: In this randomized control trial study, 70 patients in two groups (each group n=35) underwent abdominal resection. The A gro...

The duration of postoperative ileus following abdominal surgery is quite variable, and prolonged postoperative ileus is an iatrogenic phenomenon with important influence on patient morbidity, hospital costs and length of stay in hospital. Adequate treatment for prolonged postoperative ileus is important to improve patient morbidity and clinical efficiency. Both clinical and pharmacological mana...

Hypermagnesemia is a rare and under-recognized cause of paralytic ileus. We report a case of a 21-year-old primigravida who was managed aggressively for preeclampsia and presented with postpartum paralytic ileus. Detailed history was employed to consider hypermagnesemia-induced ileus as the working diagnosis, and the patient improved with correction of the electrolyte imbalance. Hypermagnesemia...

Definition and Incidence Motility dysfunction is often termed ileus which is defined as the impairment of aboral transit of gastrointestinal (GI) contents. The term has been used in several different ways in the equine literature. It has sometimes been used very broadly and included both functional and mechanical obstructions whereas in other reports it’s use has been limited to functional impa...

BACKGROUND There is a coordinated inhibition of motility of the colon after its surgical manipulation that contributes to the accumulation of fluids and gas, in turn characterized by nausea,vomiting, pain, abdominal distension, and constipation. Motility is recovered in the majority of patients within the first 72 hours. A delay in its resolution is known as prolonged postoperative ileus. AIM...

Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic drug with minimal extrapyramidal toxicity, used in the management of patients who are unresponsive or intolerant to at least two different antipsychotics (McEvoy et al. 2006). Ileus is a rare but life-threatening side-effect of clozapine treatment (Palmer et al. 2008). The largest study investigating risk factors of ileus in psychotic patients showed that ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the incidence and economic impact of postoperative ileus (POI) following laparotomy (open) and laparoscopic procedures for colectomies and cholecystectomies in patients receiving postoperative pain management with opioids. METHODS Using the Premier research database, we retrospectively identified adult inpatients discharged between 2008 and 2010 receiving postsurgical opi...