Diseases

Gastric Outlet Obstruction

The hindering of output from the STOMACH into the SMALL INTESTINE. This obstruction may be of mechanical or functional origin such as EDEMA from PEPTIC ULCER; NEOPLASMS; FOREIGN BODIES; or AGING.

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Abstract

The hindering of output from the STOMACH into the SMALL INTESTINE. This obstruction may be of mechanical or functional origin such as EDEMA from PEPTIC ULCER; NEOPLASMS; FOREIGN BODIES; or AGING.

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  • Gastric Outlet Obstructions
  • Obstruction, Gastric Outlet
  • Obstructions, Gastric Outlet
  • Outlet Obstruction, Gastric
  • Outlet Obstructions, Gastric

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coord IM with cause of obstruct (IM)

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Previous Indexing

  • Pyloric Stenosis (1967-1992)
  • Stomach Diseases (1978-1992)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gastric Outlet Obstruction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017219. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017219
  2. Gastric Outlet Obstruction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastric_outlet_obstruction
  3. Gastric Outlet Obstruction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5526789