Friday, June 05, 2015

Things non surgeons need to know about small bowel obstruction


If the patient with bowel obstruction doesn't need surgery, he/she does need surgical expertise. Either way SBO is a surgical disease. Nevertheless such patients increasingly get admitted to hospitalists. Like it or not, it is what it is. For a great overview on SBO written in language we hospitalists can understand check out this post from EMBlog Mayo Clinic.

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