Small Bowel Obstruction Case Study Essay

The assessment findings associated with patient with a small bowel obstruction will be cramping abdominal pain, abdominal distension, nausea, vomiting, and also inability to pass flatus or stool. Without treatment, the abdominal pain can increase as a result of bowel perforation and ischemia. Large bowel obstruction happens when there is a blockage in the large intestine that prevent food and gas from passing through. This blockage prevent blood supply to the bowel and part of it dies. Assessment findings include abdominal distention, abdominal cramping, nausea and vomiting. Signs of peritonitis, sepsis and shock develops when perforation
occurs.