Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: August | Volume: 10 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 256-261
Acute Colonic Pseudo Obstruction
Ketan Vagholkar
Professor, Department of Surgery, D.Y. Patil University School of Medicine, Navi Mumbai-400706.MS. India
ABSTRACT
Acute colonic pseudo obstruction is an abdominal emergency seen in elderly hospitalised patients being treated for major orthopaedic or medical ailments. It has to be differentiated from mechanical obstruction. Identifying and treating medical and metabolic derangements is the first line of treatment. If the patient does not respond then prokinetic medications such as neostigmine should be administered. Colonoscopic decompression and finally surgical intervention are indicated in cases resistant to treatment. The morbidity and mortality associated with these modalities is quite high.
Key words: Acute colonic pseudo obstruction diagnosis management