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Small Bowel Obstruction Case Study

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Small Bowel Obstruction
The 78-year-old female client came into the emergency room (ER) with intractable nausea and vomiting over the previous 24 hours. She also presented with leukocytosis of approximately 14,000 cells/uL, mild hyponatremia and hypokalemia, and mild distention. The client was otherwise asymptomatic. An abdominal X-ray was able to identify and locate an adhesive related obstruction in her small intestine, resulting in a diagnosis of a Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) (Lewis, Bucher, Heitkemper, & Harding, 2017). A SBO is a disruption in the progression of chyme in the gastrointestinal (GI) system (McCance, Huether, Brashers, & Rote, 2014). When it is an adhesive related SBO, fibrin is what is responsible for attaching a segment

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