title: Caring for the patient with an intestinal obstruction.
abstract: This article aims to increase your understanding of issues associated with intestinal obstruction, including the different causes of small bowel and large bowel obstruction, the treatments available and the best nursing management of patients with this condition.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, Edge Hill College, Liverpool. hughese@edgehill.ac.uk
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D001828:Body Image; D015984:Causality; D003681:Dehydration / Q000209:etiology; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000209:etiology