Mari, Amir;
Emmanuel, Anton;
(2023)
Dilated gut conditions: diagnosis and management.
Clinical Medicine
, 23
(6)
pp. 558-560.
10.7861/clinmed.2023-GA2.
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Abstract
Dilatation of the gut occurs in response to either mechanical obstruction or aperistalsis. The hallmark features are symptoms of bowel obstruction with vomiting, constipation, abdominal pain and distension. This review will primarily deal with the non-mechanical causes of gut dilatation, both intestinal and colonic, and differentiate between acute and chronic presentations.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Dilated gut conditions: diagnosis and management |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.7861/clinmed.2023-GA2 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2023-GA2 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s), 2025. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CC-BY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | gut dilatation, bowel obstruction, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, acute colonic pseudo-obstruction |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inst for Liver and Digestive Hlth |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10209127 |
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