Why the study?
Does correction of hypokalemia reduce intestinal distension in patients with postoperative ileus?
Does correction of hypokalemia reduce intestinal distension in patients with postoperative ileus?
Correction of hypokalemia may help reduce intestinal distension in patients with postoperative ileus.
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May support potassium repletion for distension in postoperative ileus; hypothesis-generating case report requiring prospective validation.
Robert M. Lowman (1971) studied this question.
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