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Ogilvie syndrome risk factors
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Common risk factors of Ogilvie’s syndrome include having neurologic disorders, taking narcotic medications, and trauma. Other risk factors include systemic lupus erythematosus, alcoholism, and multiple myeloma.
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
Common risk factors for Ogilvie’s syndrome include the following:[1][2]
- Having cerebral palsy or other nervous system (neurologic) disorders
- Taking narcotic medications
- Trauma
- Cardiac diseases as myocardial infarction
Less common risk factors for Ogilvie’s syndrome include the following:[3]
References
References
- ↑ Ogilvie Syndrome as a Postoperative Complication Patty L. Tenofsky, MD; R. Larry Beamer, MD; R. Stephen Smith, MD Arch Surg. 2000;135:682-687.
- ↑ Sreter KB, Barisic B, Popovic-Grle S (2017). “Pharmacogenomics and tailored polypharmacy: an 80-year-old lady with rosuvastatin-associated rhabdomyolysis and maprotiline-related Ogilvie’s syndrome”. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 55 (5): 442–448. doi:10.5414/CP202784. PMID 28257284.
- ↑ GarcÃa López CA, Laredo-Sánchez F, Malagón-Rangel J, Flores-Padilla MG, Nellen-Hummel H (2014). “Intestinal pseudo-obstruction in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a real diagnostic challenge”. World J Gastroenterol. 20 (32): 11443–50. doi:10.3748/wjg.v20.i32.11443. PMC 4145788. PMID 25170234.
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