BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Ogilvie Syndrome is an acute, non-organic pseudo obstruction of the colon due to neurological dysfunction of the bowel, that can be happened after pelvic & gynecologic surgery.Perforation of the colon and peritonitis can be occur due to perfusion impairment of the colon wall, because of increased intraluminal pressure of the bowel. We here reported a case of this rare ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has recently spread worldwide presenting primarily in form of pneumonia. Gastrointestinal manifestations such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain are less common than respiratory symptoms. However, critically ill patients may develop digestive complications including acute pseudo-obstruction colon-Ogilvie syndrome. symptoms can manifest before the onset typic...

Single-breath transfer factor obtained using a multibreath estimate of alveolar volume (TI) was measured before and after salbutamol in twenty patients with reversible airflow limitation. The effective breathholding time was calculated by four methods due respectively to Ogilvie and colleagues as modified by the American Thoracic Society (ATS), ATS Epidemiological Standardization Project (ESP),...

Antony Moore, BVSc, MVSc, Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology) Director, Veterinary Oncology Consultants 379 Lake Innes Drive Wauchope NSW 2446 Australia www.vetoncologyconsults.com [email protected] Gregory K. Ogilvie, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (Specialties of Internal Medicine, Oncology) Director, CVS Angel Care Cancer Center (www. CVSAngelCare.com) President, Special Care Foundation for Companion...