Open AccessPerforación colónica secundaria a polifarmacia: reporte de caso
Author(s) -
Edgar Núñez-García,
Luis César Valencia-García,
Ricardo Sordo-Mejía,
Daniel Kajomovitz-Bialostozky,
Alberto Chousleb-Kalach
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cirugía y cirujanos
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2444-054X
pISSN - 0009-7411
DOI - 10.1016/j.circir.2015.06.014
Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , tachycardia , colonoscopy , pathophysiology , abdominal pain , bowel obstruction , surgery , polypharmacy , ischemia , anesthesia , gastroenterology , punching , metallurgy , materials science , colorectal cancer , cancer
Acute pseudo-obstruction of the colon is a disorder characterised by an increase in intra-luminal pressure that leads to ischaemia and necrosis of the intestinal wall. The mechanism that produces the lesion is unknown, although it has been associated with: trauma, anaesthesia, or drugs that alter the autonomic nervous system. The pathophysiology of medication induced colon toxicity can progress to a perforated colon and potentially death.