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. 2020 Jul 13;2020:5023948. doi: 10.1155/2020/5023948

Table 1.

PI data.

Patient Age, sex Primary diagnosis Time to PI after Tx Time to PI after GJ tube Immunosuppression Symptoms PI distribution Pneumoperitoneum Mesenteric gas Portal venous gas Lactic acid Amylase Bicarbonate Follow-up imaging Management
1 58, M Sarcoidosis 23 11 P+T+MMF Abdominal pain, diarrhea C/A Y Y N 23.5 45 28 XR × 4 NPO × 2 days
O2 at 15 L Vancomycin, Zosyn, Micafungin
2 43, M IPF 47 43 P+T+MMF None C/A/T/D N N N 1.9 23 XR × 3
CT × 1
NPO × 4 days
O2 at 15 L Flagyl, Merrem
3 71, F IPF 53 3 P+T+MMF N/V/D × 2 days C/A/T N N N 1.4 29 XR × 9 NPO × 3 days
O2 at 15 L Flagyl
4 66, F Sarcoidosis 36 4 P+T+MMF+IVIG N/V × 3 days A/T Y N N 1.6 31 23 None OR for ex lap O2 at 15 L (negative) NPO × 1 day
5 67, F IPF 517 519 P+T+MMF Diarrhea A Y N N 0.7 17 25 XR × 3 Flagyl × 14 d
O2 at 15 L CLD × 1 day
6 66, F IPF 147 P+T+MMF Pain × 4 weeks
N/V × 4 months
C/A N N N 1.1 23 XR × 6 O2 at 15 L NPO × 2 days
7 64, M IPF 8 10 P+T+MMF Diarrhea C/A N Y Y 29 XR × 1 NPO × 1 day
O2 at 15 L
8 59, M Scleroderma ILD 5 P+T+MMF None C Y Y N 37 XR × 2 OR surgery—cecal ischemia and perforation and closed loop large bowel obstruction
9 69, F Scleroderma ILD 41 45 P+T+MMF Bloating × 3 weeks C/A/T Y Y N 2.2 90 23 XR × 1 Flagyl O2 at 15 L NPO × 1 day
10 37, F Scleroderma ILD 28 38 P+T+MMF None C/A/T/D Y Y N 0.9 24 XR × 3 O2 at 15 L NPO × 1 d
11 79, M IPF 375 P+T+MMF None C/A Y N N 2 39 23 CT × 2
XR × 1
O2 at 15 L NPO × 1 d
12 54, F IPF 28 37 P+T+MMF None C/A/T/D Y Y N 1.6 26 XR × 1 Flagyl O2 at 15 L Switched TF to Vivonex
13 71, M IPF 209 10 P+T+MMF N/V/D × 10 d C N N Y 1.6 28 XR × 5 NPO × 1 d
Flagyl O2 at 15 L
14 61, F Scleroderma ILD 47 53 P+T+MMF None C/A/T Y Y N 2.6 24 XR × 3 NPO × 1 d
O2 at 15 L Zosyn
15 73, M CPFE 37 45 P+T+MMF Diarrhea C/A/T Y Y N 3.3 74 28 CT × 2
XR × 4
NPO × 3 days
O2 at 15 L Flagyl/Vancomycin (C. diff)
16 61, M IPF 63 21 P+T+MMF Diarrhea C/A/T/D Y Y N 1.8 38 25 XR × 4 Switch TF to elemental Flagyl, Florastor O2 at 15 L
17 59, F IPF 234 193 P+T+MMF None C/A/T/D N N N 0.5 24 None Patient seen in ED after outside X-ray showing PI, discharged from ED
18 43, M IPF 200 108 P+T+MMF None A/T Y Y N 1.8 34 25 XR × 7 Switch TF to elemental O2 at 15 L Flagyl
19 71, M IPF 24 13 P+T+MMF None C Y N N 1.5 26 None Treated outpatient
20 58, M A1AT 17 28 P+T+MMF Diarrhea C/A/T/D Y Y N 0.6 120 30 XR × 2 NPO × 1 day
Flagyl O2 at 15 L
21 55, M IPF 1477 30 P+T None C/A N Y N 1.5 23 36 XR × 3 NPO × 1 day
O2 at 15 L
22 69, M IPF 51 39 P+T+MMF None C/A/T Y Y N 0.8 40 29 None NPO × 1 day
O2 at 15 L
23 62, M IPF 202 P+T+MMF Emesis × 1 C/A/T N N N 1 22 XR × 3 NPO × 1 day
O2 at 15 L

Note: IPF: interstitial pulmonary fibrosis; P: prednisone; T: tacrolimus; MMF: mycophenolate mofetil; C/A/T/D: cecum/ascending/transverse/descending colon.