Bowel obstruction
Activity
e-Learning Module
e-Learning Module
At the end of this module you will be able to understand about the presentation, diagnosis and management of small bowel obstruction and how to distinguish this from ileus or large bowel obstruction, and list the common etiologies of bowel obstruction.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Surgery Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Small Bowel Obstruction Partial/Complete
- Describe the signs and symptoms of small bowel obstruction.
- Describe the common etiologies of mechanical small bowel obstruction.
- Discuss the potential complications and management of small bowel obstruction.
- Outline the initial management of a patient with mechanical small bowel obstruction, including laboratory tests and x-rays.
- Contrast the presentation and management of partial vs. complete small bowel obstruction.
- Differentiate the signs, symptoms and radiographic patterns of paralytic ileus and small bowel obstruction.
Assessments
e-Learning Module Completion
Tags
Basic Sciences
Diagnosis
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Surgery Rotation
Discipline
Surgery
MCC Presentations
Abdominal Distension
Acute Abdominal Pain
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
MeSH
Intestinal Obstruction [C06.405.469.531]
