Sentence examples for mechanical obstruction such from inspiring English sources

However, these findings cannot exclude mechanical obstruction such as that caused by postoperative adhesions or peritoneal dissemination.

Chattering most commonly occurs due to inadequate preload due to hypovolemia, or a process causing mechanical obstruction such as tamponade, tension pneumothorax, and abdominal compartment syndrome.

The most common causes of small bowel obstruction is mechanical obstruction, such as adhesions and hernias, which account for >80% of all cases.

However, it remains unclear whether reduction of number of ICC primarily leads to mechanical obstruction of the bowel such as seen in intestinal atresia.

Constipation is due to organic etiologies, such as mechanical obstruction, spinal cord injury [ 5], stroke, Parkinson's disease, hypothyroidism, diabetes [ 6] and local neurogenic disorders, e.g. Hirschsprung's disease [ 7] only for a minority of patients.

Distinguishing an event of mechanical obstruction from the "normal" pseudo-obstructive episodes is difficult.

However, issues with haemocompatibility such as haemolysis, thrombosis and calcification still often arise which can lead to mechanical obstruction or leaflet tearing, sometimes with fatal consequences.

As a marker for cachexia we referred to pretherapeutical weight loss if it occurred a) 1 12 months prior to initiation of therapy and b) was not due to mechanical obstruction of the oro-gastrointestinal tract, c) could not readily be explained by a psychiatric disorder (such as depression) or d) an intentional diet.

Such conditions can be caused by the excessive breakdown of erythrocytes, impaired liver functions due to viruses or mechanical obstruction of the common bile duct.

No evidence of mechanical obstruction was visualized.

Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction is a distention of the colon caused by decreased motility in the absence of mechanical obstruction.