Background: Abdominal surgery results in a molecular and cellular inflammatory response in the intestine, leading to postoperative ileus. It was hypothesised that resident macrophages within the ...

A number of clinical conditions may predispose to the development of acute colonic ileus (see Table 2). Many but not all patients are in the hospital for a severe surgical or medical illness at ...

Introduction Postoperative ileus (POI) is an inevitable complication of almost all abdominal surgeries, which results in prolonged hospitalisation and increased healthcare costs. Various treatment ...

The ideal drug therapy for postoperative ileus (POI), a common surgical complication, would have several characteristics. It would selectively antagonize the inhibitory effects of all the ...

Background and aims: Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) and prostaglandins (PGs) participate in the pathogenesis of inflammatory postoperative ileus. We sought to determine whether the emerging neuronal ...

Acupuncture is a therapy effective in treating postoperative ileus (POI); its underlying mechanisms remain unclear. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) participate in inflammation and injury to the interstitial cells ...

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He explained that when hope seems useless and people want to give up the Gospel describes this through the image of paralysis. As an example, Pope Leo turned to the story of Jesus curing the paralytic ...

Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxin monitoring in shellfish is currently performed using the internationally accredited AOAC mouse bioassay. Due to ethical and performance-related issues ...

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