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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Risk Factors

• Gastrointestinal surgery or other GI procedures
• Electrolyte imbalance
• Hypothyroidism
• Medications (e.g. opiates)
• Severe illness (Inflammation with peritonitis)
• Spinal cord injury (SCI), those with injury above thoracic vertebrae 5 (T5) will have hypomotility problems within the bowel
• Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), and other causes of metabolic acidosis