Impact of barometric pressure on adhesive small bowel obstruction: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) is one of the most common causes of postoperative morbidity. According to Boyle's law, decreased barometric pressure expands the volume of intestinal gas. We aimed to elucidate the relationship between barometric pressure and ASBO.

Methods

We divided 215 admissions of 120 patients with ASBO into three groups: the fasting group, which responded to fasting (n = 51); the decompression group, which was successfully treated with gastrointestinal decompression (n = 104); and the surgery group which required emergency or elective surgery to treat ASBO (n = 60). We compared and examined clinical backgrounds, findings on admission, and barometric pressure during the peri-onset period (29 days: from 14 days before to 14 days after the

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7382815 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature