Ileus

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Last reviewed: 16 Jul 2025
Last updated: 18 Nov 2024

Summary

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • nausea and vomiting
  • abdominal distention
  • no features of mechanical obstruction or peritoneal inflammation (e.g., abdominal hernia, peritoneal signs)
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • obstipation (severe constipation with no passage of stool or flatus)
  • discomfort and abdominal cramping
  • decreased or hypoactive bowel sounds
  • hypovolemia
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Fatores de risco

  • abdominal surgery
  • acute/systemic illness (e.g., myocardial infarction, pneumonia, acute cholecystitis, pancreatitis, sepsis, multi-organ trauma)
  • nonabdominal surgery
  • electrolyte imbalance
  • opioid analgesics, anticholinergics, or anesthetic gases
  • comorbidities (e.g., diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular insufficiency, Chagas disease, scleroderma)
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • serum electrolytes
  • serum magnesium
  • CBC
  • abdomen and pelvis CT scan (with intravenous contrast and oral water soluble contrast)
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • serum LFTs
  • serum amylase
  • serum lipase
  • small bowel series
  • gastric emptying study
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

postoperative ileus

nonsurgical cause

CONTÍNUA

ileus lasting longer than 3 days or prolonging the postoperative recovery

Colaboradores

Consultores especialistas

Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD (Hon), FACS, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), FRCSI (Hon)

Director

Digestive Disease Center

Professor and Chair

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Cleveland Clinic

Weston

FL

Declarações

SDW has received consulting fees, stock options, and royalties from the following companies. These relationships are ongoing. Consulting: ICON Language Services, Intuitive Surgical, Stryker, Medtronic, Takeda, ARC/Corvus, Astellas, Baxter, Olympus, AIS Channel, Livsmed. Royalties: Medtronic, Intuitive Surgical, Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Unique Surgical Innovations. Stock Options: Regentys, LifeBond, Pragma/GibLib, and Renew Medical.

Sameh Hany Emile Rizkalla, MBBCh, MSc, MD, FACS

Research associate, Colorectal Surgery Department

Digestive Disease Center

Professor and Chair

Department of Colorectal Surgery

Cleveland Clinic

Weston

FL

Declarações

SHER declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimentos

Dr Steven D. Wexner would like to gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Dr Stephen P. Sharp to the update for this topic. Dr Wexner would also like to acknowledge Dr Ahmed Sami Chadi, and Dr Paula I. Denoya, previous contributors to this topic.

Declarações

SPS, ASC, and PID declare that they have no competing interests.

Revisores

David J. Hackam, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pittsburgh

PA

Declarações

DJH declares that he has no competing interests.

John Jenkins, MB CHB, FRCP

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

St. Mark's Hospital

Harrow

UK

Declarações

JJ declares that he has no competing interests.

Referências

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Principais artigos

Wattchow D, Heitmann P, Smolilo D, et al. Postoperative ileus- an ongoing conundrum. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2021 May;33(5):e14046. Resumo

Gustafsson UO, Scott MJ, Hubner M, et al. Guidelines for perioperative care in elective colorectal surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS(®)) Society recommendations: 2018. World J Surg. 2019 Mar;43(3):659-95.Texto completo  Resumo

American College of Radiology. ACR appropriateness criteria: suspected small-bowel obstruction. 2019 [internet publication].Texto completo

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