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ArticleCureus2024

Small Bowel Obstruction as a Complication of Acute Pancreatitis.

Ahmed Mahmood, Siti Abdul Rahman, Shay Min Chua, Wael Abdelgawwad

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ahmed MahmoodAccident and Emergency, Pilgrim Hospital, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, Boston, GBR.
Siti Abdul RahmanAccident and Emergency, Pilgrim Hospital, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, Boston, GBR.
Shay Min ChuaAccident and Emergency, Pilgrim Hospital, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, Boston, GBR.
Wael AbdelgawwadAccident and Emergency, Pilgrim Hospital, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, Boston, GBR.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigastric pain and vomiting are common presentations associated with various causes of acute abdomen. Acute abdomen encompasses a range of different pathologies, with epigastric pain narrowing the differential diagnosis to conditions such as pancreatitis, bowel obstruction, acute cholecystitis, gastritis, acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and peptic ulcer disease, such as gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers with/without perforation. This is a case of a male patient in his 80s who came to the emergency department with symptoms of generalized abdominal pain, vomiting, and constipation. Initial investigations and imaging supported a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis complicated by bowel obstruction. The patient was subsequently referred to the surgical team for further management.

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acute pancreatitisacute small bowel obstructioncomplicated acute pancreatitisischemic bowelpancreatitis complicationssplenic infarcts

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PMID39737320
PMCPMC11684536

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