September 8, 2004Neurogastroenterology & Motility
Mechanisms of postoperative ileus
Population
Patients with postoperative ileus following abdominal surgery
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May inform anti-inflammatory strategies in prolonged ileus; leaves open need for targeted trials before practice change.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with postoperative ileus following abdominal surgery
Postoperative ileus is driven by neurogenic, inflammatory, and pharmacological mechanisms, with prolonged ileus specifically linked to an enteric molecular inflammatory response.
Cite This Study
Bauer et al. (2004) studied this question.