title: Acute on chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction as a cause of death in a previously healthy twenty-year-old male.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. evasnjos@musc.edu
authors.forename: Joshua T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Mark H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Delegge
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lewin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed