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Acute Gastroenteritis
Urinary retention is uncommon in children and only one case has been described in literature with loperamide treatment. We report the occurrence of prolonged urinary retention in a 10-years-old girl after receiving oral loperamide for an acute gastroenteritis. The first episode of urinary retention lasted for 24[…][ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
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Intestinal Obstruction
Examination revealed hyperactive bowel sounds with scant fecal matter on rectal examination.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Physical Exam Physical examination findings include: abdominal distension (more prevalent in distal obstructions), hyperactive bowel sounds (early), or hypoactive bowel sounds[saem.org]
Hyperactive bowel sounds occur early as GI contents attempt to overcome the obstruction; hypoactive bowel sounds occur late.[intranet.tdmu.edu.ua]
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Small Bowel Obstruction
Her physical exam reveals hyperactive bowel sounds, diffuse abdominal tenderness and distention. An abdominal x-ray is shown below.[medbullets.com]
Signs Vital Sign s: Dehydration vs SIRS Criteria ( Sepsis ) Sinus Tachycardia Hypotension Bowel sounds Initial: High pitched, hyperactive bowel sounds Later: Hypoactive or[fpnotebook.com]
On the other hand, if very hyperactive bowel sounds are heard they are indicative of mechanical obstruction.[symptoma.com]
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Large Bowel Obstruction
At first, enteric stimuli resulting from the obstruction cause an increase in propulsive activity, causing hyperactive bowel sounds.[clinicaladvisor.com]
Hyperactive, high-pitched bowels sounds at the beginning and then hypoactive bowel sounds as obstruction progresses and bowel muscles fatigue. Tachycardia. Fever.[clinicaladvisor.com]
The end results can be bowel ischemia, necrosis, and/or perforation.[clinicaladvisor.com]
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Volvulus
bowel sounds High rate of mortality, particularly in older patients ( Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2013;17:127 ) Radiology description Dilated loops of intestine Volvulus may[pathologyoutlines.com]
Bowel sounds are initially hyperactive becoming absent later on [ 1 , 7 ].[panafrican-med-journal.com]
Bowel sounds are initially hyperactive but may later become absent [ 3 , 4 ]. The acute form presents in sixty percent of children [ 3 ].[wjes.biomedcentral.com]
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Graft-versus-Host-Disease
bowel sounds may accompany secretory diarrhea of acute GVHD; in severe ileus, the abdomen is silent and appears distended Neuromuscular – Findings of myasthenia gravis, polymyositis[emedicine.medscape.com]
[…] buccal and labial mucosae in chronic GVHD Pulmonary – Prolonged expiratory breathing phase (wheezes) from bronchiolitis obliterans GI – Diffuse abdominal tenderness with hyperactive[emedicine.medscape.com]
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Partial Small Bowel Obstruction
Her physical exam reveals hyperactive bowel sounds, diffuse abdominal tenderness and distention. An abdominal x-ray is shown below.[medbullets.com]
Patients showed symptoms between 1 and 20 days postoperatively and had findings ranging from hypoactive (45%), to normal (30%), to hyperactive (25%) bowel sounds.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Signs Vital Sign s: Dehydration vs SIRS Criteria ( Sepsis ) Sinus Tachycardia Hypotension Bowel sounds Initial: High pitched, hyperactive bowel sounds Later: Hypoactive or[fpnotebook.com]
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Recurrent Small Bowel Obstruction
Signs Vital Sign s: Dehydration vs SIRS Criteria ( Sepsis ) Sinus Tachycardia Hypotension Bowel sounds Initial: High pitched, hyperactive bowel sounds Later: Hypoactive or[fpnotebook.com]
sounds, which are unreliable but may be hyperactive early in an obstruction or hypoactive/absent as the bowel distends Abdominal tenderness: mild diffuse tenderness is common[clinicaladvisor.com]
Diagnosis: Factors predicting Bowel Obstruction History of prior surgery Constipation history Age over 50 years Vomiting Abdominal distention Hyperactive bowel sounds X.[fpnotebook.com]
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Diverticular Abscess
bowel sounds Absent bowel sounds (perforation) Generalized abdominal pain with rebound and guarding (perforation) Urinary tract findings (colovesicular/colovaginal fistula[emedicine.medscape.com]
[…] physical examination, the following may be found: Localized abdominal tenderness Abdominal distention Tympanic abdomen to percussion A tender mass (abscess formation) Hypo- or hyperactive[emedicine.medscape.com]
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Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
sounds absent - hyperactive septaecaemia AF heart murmurs INVESTIGATIONS bloods: unreliable diagnostically ABG: metabolic state lactate: elevation xray: exclude perforation[lifeinthefastlane.com]
[…] associated with MODS Venous thrombosis symptoms may been present for weeks patients may have a history of hypercoagulability EXAMINATION tenderness peritonism palpable mass bowel[lifeinthefastlane.com]