During the assessment of a postoperative patient's bowel sounds, the nurse auscultates absent sounds over all four abdominal quadrants. The nurse realizes this finding could indicate what health problem?
1. paralytic ileus
2. normal bowel function
3. the onset of flatus
4. the onset of stool
Correct Answer: 1
A distended abdomen with absent bowel sounds may indicate paralytic ileus. Normal bowel sounds are low in pitch. The onset or presence of flatus and stool is accompanied bowel sounds.
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