The nurse is teaching a group of patients about the process of a mechanical bowel obstruction. Which example should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. A tumor obstructs the lumen of the bowel.
b. A paralytic ileus causes cessation of pe-ristalsis.
c. The bowel is inflamed by diverticulitis.
d. The bowel motility is slowed by anti-diarrheal drugs.
A
Mechanical obstruction results in blockage of the lumen of the bowel. Examples include tumors, adhesions, strangulated hernia, twisting of the bowel (volvulus), telescoping of one part of the bowel into itself (intussusception), gallstones, barium impaction, and intestinal parasites.
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