title: A rare complication after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Ogilvie's syndrome.
abstract: Gastrointestinal (GI) complications occur in less than 2% of patients undergoing open-heart surgery. Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction, known as Ogilvie's syndrome, is also a rare complication encountered in 0.046% of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. It is characterised by massive colonic dilatation without mechanical obstruction in patients with underlying medical or surgical conditions. In this report we describe a patient who suffered from acute renal failure requiring haemodialysis, and subsequently Ogilvie's syndrome, which was treated with high-dose neostigmine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guler
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Atilgan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurkluoglu
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Demirkilic
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury; D003112:Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009388:Neostigmine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010277:Parasympathomimetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D010277:Parasympathomimetics; D009388:Neostigmine