Drugs: opiates, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, anticholinergic, antidepressant, antihistamine, anti-Parkinsonian, iron, calcium Neurogenic: autonomic neuropathy, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, CNS and spinal cord lesions, pseudo-obstruction, diabetes mellitus, pelvic nerve damage Myogenic: connective…
Functional fecal incontinence Diagnostic criteria: 1. Recurrent uncontrolled passage of fecal material in an individual with a development age of at least 4 years and one or more of the…
Episodes of pain located in the epigastrium and/or right upper quadrant and all of the following: 1. Episodes lasting 30 min or longer 2. Recurrent symptoms occurring at different intervals (not daily)…
Medications and toxic etiologies Cancer chemotherapy Aspirin Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Auranofin Antigout drugs Digoxin Antiarrhythmics Antihypertensives β-Blockers Calcium channel antagonists Diuretics Oral antidiabetics Oral contraceptives Erythromycin Tetracycline Sulfonamides Antituberculous drugs…
Fig. 12.1 Representative CT image demonstrating marked diffuse dilation of the small bowel without transition point Introduction Intestinal pseudo-obstruction can be categorized as either acute or chronic. Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction…
Fig. 11.1 Normal microbial distribution along the length of the gastrointestinal tract Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is characterized by the presence of increased numbers of colonic-type bacteria in the…
Category Causes Obstructive Pylorospasm; pyloric stenosis; post duodenal bulb tumors Ischemic Chronic mesenteric ischemia Diabetic Loss of ICCs and enteric neurons; pylorospasm Idiopathic Possibly post-viral; possibly degeneration of enteric neurons,…
Midline chest pain or discomfort that is not burning in quality Absent evidence that GERD is the cause of the symptom Absence of histopathology-based esophageal motility disorders Criteria fulfilled for…
