Case List History Objectives Radiology Images Questions SMALL INTESTINE AND APPENDIX Case #6 - A 64 year old with sepsis and abdominal distension DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 4.) What are the causes of adynamic ileus? Causes of paralytic or adynamic ileus: post abdominal operation, drugs (narcotics), low potassium, low sodium, low magnesium, intra-abdominal infection, sepsis, spine fractures, pelvic fractures, rib fractures, retroperitoneal hematoma or abscess.
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