title: Review of small-bowel obstruction: the diagnosis and when to worry.
abstract: This is a review of small-bowel obstruction written primarily for residents. The review focuses on radiography and computed tomography (CT) for diagnosing small-bowel obstruction and CT for determining complications. (©) RSNA, 2015.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (E.K.P.); and Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico and New Mexico VA Health Care System, 1501 San Pedro Dr SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108-5128 (W.M.T.).
authors.forename: Erik K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Paulson
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D003663:Decision Trees; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods