Bowel-obstruction Sentence Examples

Progress A diagnosis of partial large bowel obstruction was made and the patient treated with stimulant laxatives and phosphate enemas.

In bowel obstruction fluid is secreted into the bowel lumen.

Mid or high small bowel obstruction presents a different picture.

This has to be treated immediately because it can cause complete bowel obstruction and death.

Second, if she's throwing up and unable to eat and drink normally, she's bound to become dehydrated, and may even have a bowel obstruction.

If your dog ingests large quantities, he may develop a bowel obstruction which will require emergency veterinary surgery.

Strangulation occurs in about 25 percent of bowel obstruction cases and is a serious condition that can progress to gangrene within six to 12 hours.

The causes of small bowel obstruction in children are most often volvulus, intussusception, adhesions, or abdominal hernia, a weakness in the abdominal wall that traps a portion of intestine.

The total rate of bowel obstruction due both to mechanical and non-mechanical causes is one in 1,000 people.

It is one of the major causes of bowel obstruction in infants and children.

So many different diseases can cause vomiting-from bowel obstruction to epilepsy-that an accurate and timely diagnosis is critical.

Hirschsprung's disease, also known as congenital megacolon or aganglionic megacolon, is an abnormality in which certain nerve fibers are absent in segments of the bowel, resulting in severe bowel obstruction.