Unlike heart and respiratory rates, abdominal sounds do not punch a specific time clock for generating "gut sounds." The rhythmic peristaltic churning of food mixed with fluids within the gut varies ...

An elderly woman in her 90s was admitted with signs and symptoms suggestive of obstructive ileus: crampy abdominal pain, repeated episodes of vomiting and increased bowel sounds with tympanic sound on ...

An 87-year-old man presented with a 3-day history of progressive, diffuse abdominal pain. He denied nausea, vomiting, fever or chills. He had no history of rectal bleeding, diarrhea or constipation, ...