Obstruction of large intestine

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Etiology

Mechanical colonic obstruction, eg, malignancy, diverticulitis, volvulus, fecal impaction
Toxic megacolon due to inflammatory bowel disease or C. difficile colitis
Megacolon due to Chagas’ disease, Hirschsprung’s disease (aganglionic), multiple sclerosis, sacral nerve damage, myxedema (hypothyroidism)
Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie’s syndrome), associated with:
- Trauma, burns, or postoperative
- Respiratory failure
- Malignancy
- Myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure (CHF)
- Pancreatitis
- Stroke or subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Intestinal ischemia
- Drugs, eg, opioids, anticholinergics

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Last updated: December 1, 2014

Citation

Zeiger, Roni F.. "Obstruction of Large Intestine." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114488/all/Obstruction_of_large_intestine.

Zeiger RF. Obstruction of large intestine. Diagnosaurus. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114488/all/Obstruction_of_large_intestine. Accessed January 22, 2019.

Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Obstruction of large intestine. In Diagnosaurus. Available from https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114488/all/Obstruction_of_large_intestine

Zeiger RF. Obstruction of Large Intestine [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2019 January 22]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114488/all/Obstruction_of_large_intestine

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