| Is It An Ileus? |
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| · | Is the patient
immediately post-op? |
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| · | Are the bowel
sounds absent or |
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| hypoactive? |
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| ¨ | If “no,” then
it isn’t an ileus |
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| · | Patients
don’t present to the ER with a |
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| generalized
adynamic ileus! |
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