title: Ultrasonographic evidence of ileus.
abstract: Twenty-seven patients with ileus were assessed using ultrasound and the related variables suggestive of ileus are presented. If special attention is directed to these variables when a patient complains of nausea, vomiting, colicky abdominal pain and so forth, this entity can be diagnosed early and accurately. Since the distended, air-filled loops of bowel are not so readily recognized, the combined use of X-ray and ultrasound will aid in a follow-up study during treatment as well as in the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Murao
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Takamiya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kutao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography