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Lack of bowel sounds

MedGen UID:
868214
•Concept ID:
C4022606
•
Finding
HPO: HP:0030145

Definition

Complete lack of abdominal sounds as assayed by examination of the abdomen with a stethoscope. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLack of bowel sounds

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Outcomes of dietary management approaches in active ulcerative colitis: A systematic review.
Marsh A, Rindfleish S, Bennett K, Croft A, Chachay V
Clin Nutr 2022 Feb;41(2):298-306. Epub 2021 Dec 10 doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.12.007. PMID: 34999323
Diagnosis and treatment of sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.
Tzovaras G, Rowlands BJ
Br J Surg 1998 May;85(5):588-95. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00766.x. PMID: 9635801

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Differentiating Clinical Characteristics Between Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Food Protein-induced Enterocolitis When Both have Pneumatosis Intestinalis: A Single-centre Study.
Hu Y, Hua Z, Liu K, Wei H
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2022 May;32(5):646-651. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2022.05.646. PMID: 35546703
Efficacy and safety of acupuncture in postoperative ileus after gynecological surgery: A protocol for system review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Guo Y, Kong X, Cao Q, Li Y, Zhang Y, Huang J, Li K, Guan Y
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Feb 5;100(5):e24342. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000024342. PMID: 33592880Free PMC Article
Unusual sites of bone involvement in Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a systematic review of the literature.
Reisi N, Raeissi P, Harati Khalilabad T, Moafi A
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2021 Jan 2;16(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13023-020-01625-z. PMID: 33388073Free PMC Article
Chewing gum for enhancing early recovery of bowel function after caesarean section.
Pereira Gomes Morais E, Riera R, Porfírio GJ, Macedo CR, Sarmento Vasconcelos V, de Souza Pedrosa A, Torloni MR
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Oct 17;10(10):CD011562. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011562.pub2. PMID: 27747876Free PMC Article
Positions of selective leukocytapheresis in the medical therapy of ulcerative colitis.
Hanai H
World J Gastroenterol 2006 Dec 21;12(47):7568-77. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i47.7568. PMID: 17171783Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Diagnostic accuracy of clinical indicators of Imbalanced nutrition in pediatric patients submitted to chemotherapy.
Carvalho PMO, Lopes MVO, Teixeira IX, Nunes MM, Diniz CM, da Silva VM, de Menezes AP
J Child Health Care 2023 Dec;27(4):547-561. Epub 2022 Mar 25 doi: 10.1177/13674935211058011. PMID: 35333628
Non-invasive Detection of Bowel Sounds in Real-life Settings Using Spectrogram Zeros and Autoencoding.
Bilionis I, Apostolidis G, Charisis V, Liatsos C, Hadjileontiadis L
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2021 Nov;2021:915-919. doi: 10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630783. PMID: 34891439
Automated Bowel Sound Analysis: An Overview.
Nowak JK, Nowak R, Radzikowski K, Grulkowski I, Walkowiak J
Sensors (Basel) 2021 Aug 5;21(16) doi: 10.3390/s21165294. PMID: 34450735Free PMC Article
A critical review of auscultating bowel sounds.
Baid H
Br J Nurs 2009 Oct 8-21;18(18):1125-9. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2009.18.18.44555. PMID: 19966732
Diagnosis and treatment of sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.
Tzovaras G, Rowlands BJ
Br J Surg 1998 May;85(5):588-95. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00766.x. PMID: 9635801

Therapy

Efficacy and safety of acupuncture in postoperative ileus after gynecological surgery: A protocol for system review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Guo Y, Kong X, Cao Q, Li Y, Zhang Y, Huang J, Li K, Guan Y
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Feb 5;100(5):e24342. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000024342. PMID: 33592880Free PMC Article
Chewing gum for enhancing early recovery of bowel function after caesarean section.
Pereira Gomes Morais E, Riera R, Porfírio GJ, Macedo CR, Sarmento Vasconcelos V, de Souza Pedrosa A, Torloni MR
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Oct 17;10(10):CD011562. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011562.pub2. PMID: 27747876Free PMC Article
A comprehensive review of evidence-based strategies to prevent and treat postoperative ileus.
Story SK, Chamberlain RS
Dig Surg 2009;26(4):265-75. Epub 2009 Jul 3 doi: 10.1159/000227765. PMID: 19590205
Atypical clinical features of pediatric appendicitis.
Becker T, Kharbanda A, Bachur R
Acad Emerg Med 2007 Feb;14(2):124-9. Epub 2006 Dec 27 doi: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.08.009. PMID: 17192449
The logics of leukocytapheresis as a natural biological therapy for inflammatory bowel disease.
Kanai T, Hibi T, Watanabe M
Expert Opin Biol Ther 2006 May;6(5):453-66. doi: 10.1517/14712598.6.5.453. PMID: 16610976

Prognosis

Prognostic significance of stem cell/ epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers in periampullary/pancreatic cancers: FGFR1 is a promising prognostic marker.
Chong Y, Thakur N, Paik KY, Lee EJ, Kang CS
BMC Cancer 2020 Mar 14;20(1):216. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-6673-2. PMID: 32171280Free PMC Article
Clinical characteristics of neonatal fulminant necrotizing enterocolitis in a tertiary Children's hospital in the last 10 years.
Lin L, Xia X, Liu W, Wang Y, Hua Z
PLoS One 2019;14(11):e0224880. Epub 2019 Nov 8 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224880. PMID: 31703096Free PMC Article
The acceptability of screening for Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE): cross-sectional survey of nursing staff and the general publics' perceptions.
Currie K, King C, McAloney-Kocaman K, Roberts NJ, MacDonald J, Dickson A, Cairns S, Khanna N, Flowers P, Reilly J, Price L
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2018;7:144. Epub 2018 Nov 23 doi: 10.1186/s13756-018-0434-x. PMID: 30534365Free PMC Article
Atypical clinical features of pediatric appendicitis.
Becker T, Kharbanda A, Bachur R
Acad Emerg Med 2007 Feb;14(2):124-9. Epub 2006 Dec 27 doi: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.08.009. PMID: 17192449
Positions of selective leukocytapheresis in the medical therapy of ulcerative colitis.
Hanai H
World J Gastroenterol 2006 Dec 21;12(47):7568-77. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i47.7568. PMID: 17171783Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Differentiating Clinical Characteristics Between Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Food Protein-induced Enterocolitis When Both have Pneumatosis Intestinalis: A Single-centre Study.
Hu Y, Hua Z, Liu K, Wei H
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2022 May;32(5):646-651. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2022.05.646. PMID: 35546703
When and How To Use Endoscopic Tattooing in the Colon: An International Delphi Agreement.
Medina-Prado L, Hassan C, Dekker E, Bisschops R, Alfieri S, Bhandari P, Bourke MJ, Bravo R, Bustamante-Balen M, Dominitz J, Ferlitsch M, Fockens P, van Leerdam M, Lieberman D, Herráiz M, Kahi C, Kaminski M, Matsuda T, Moss A, Pellisé M, Pohl H, Rees C, Rex DK, Romero-Simó M, Rutter MD, Sharma P, Shaukat A, Thomas-Gibson S, Valori R, Jover R
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021 May;19(5):1038-1050. Epub 2021 Jan 22 doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2021.01.024. PMID: 33493699
Unusual sites of bone involvement in Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a systematic review of the literature.
Reisi N, Raeissi P, Harati Khalilabad T, Moafi A
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2021 Jan 2;16(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13023-020-01625-z. PMID: 33388073Free PMC Article
The acceptability of screening for Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE): cross-sectional survey of nursing staff and the general publics' perceptions.
Currie K, King C, McAloney-Kocaman K, Roberts NJ, MacDonald J, Dickson A, Cairns S, Khanna N, Flowers P, Reilly J, Price L
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2018;7:144. Epub 2018 Nov 23 doi: 10.1186/s13756-018-0434-x. PMID: 30534365Free PMC Article
Positions of selective leukocytapheresis in the medical therapy of ulcerative colitis.
Hanai H
World J Gastroenterol 2006 Dec 21;12(47):7568-77. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i47.7568. PMID: 17171783Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Outcomes of dietary management approaches in active ulcerative colitis: A systematic review.
Marsh A, Rindfleish S, Bennett K, Croft A, Chachay V
Clin Nutr 2022 Feb;41(2):298-306. Epub 2021 Dec 10 doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.12.007. PMID: 34999323
Unusual sites of bone involvement in Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a systematic review of the literature.
Reisi N, Raeissi P, Harati Khalilabad T, Moafi A
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2021 Jan 2;16(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13023-020-01625-z. PMID: 33388073Free PMC Article
Chewing gum for enhancing early recovery of bowel function after caesarean section.
Pereira Gomes Morais E, Riera R, Porfírio GJ, Macedo CR, Sarmento Vasconcelos V, de Souza Pedrosa A, Torloni MR
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Oct 17;10(10):CD011562. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011562.pub2. PMID: 27747876Free PMC Article

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