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. 2012 Mar;25(1):37–45. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1301758

Table 1. Associations Underlying Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction.

Medications: Narcotics, anticholinergics, phenothiazines, laxative abuse, benzodiazepines, calcium channel blockers, clonidine, vincristine, interleukin, amphetamine overdose, cytotoxic drugs, antiparkinsonian agents
Medical:
  • Cardiopulmonary – Mechanical ventilation, myocardial infarction, pneumonia, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Infectious – Sepsis, herpes zoster, cytomegalovirus
  • Metabolic – Hypokalemia, hyponatremia, hypocalcemia, hypercalcemia, diabetes, hypothyroidism
  • Neurologic – Dementia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, spinal cord disease
  • Oncologic – Small cell lung cancer, multiple myeloma, acute myeloid leukemia, disseminated cancer, pelvic irradiation, retroperitoneal invasion of lumbar sympathetic nervous system
  • Miscellaneous – Organ failure, amyloidosis, physical exertion, idiopathic, alcoholism
Surgical:
  • Inflammation – Appendicitis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, gastritis, abscess
  • Obstetric – Normal pregnancy, normal delivery, cesarean section, hysterectomy, placenta previa
  • Organ transplantation – Liver, kidney, heart, lung
  • Trauma and Orthopedic – Pelvic trauma, pelvic, hip fracture, pelvic, hip surgery, joint arthroplasty, spine surgery, burns
  • Urologic – Ethanol ablation of renal cancer, nephrolithiasis
  • Others – Gastrointestinal bleeding, retroperitoneal hematoma, mesenteric thrombosis, craniotomy, aortic aneurysms, thoracotomy