Ileus risk factors
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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