title: Acute intestinal pseudo-obstruction: report of two cases.
abstract: Two cases of acute intestinal pseudo-obstruction diagnosed over a 6-year period are reported. One patient had acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's syndrome) associated with severe cardiopulmonary disease and the other a rare idiopathic small bowel pseudo-obstruction: both were treated successfully. The various treatments and a short review of the literature are presented.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia d'Urgenza, Ospedale S. Francesco USL 7, Nuoro.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moroni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bitti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gabbas
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mingioni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation