Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction with Feeding Intolerance in Critically Ill Patients: A Study according to Gut Wall Analysis

Table 2

Comparison of the gastrointestinal dysfunction-related parameters at the time of grouping between the groups.

Characteristics	ACPO-NT ()	ACPO-T ()
Gastric retention, n (%)^‡	6 (12.50)	34 (37.78)	0.002
GRV (ml)^†	133 (53–285)	288 (76–507)	0.002
IAP (mmHg)	9.38 ± 6.84	10.01 ± 5.31	0.671
Colonic diameter (cm)	9.82 ± 1.9	9.07 ± 1.75	0.110
Cecal diameter	13.75 ± 2.85	12.9 ± 3.14	0.853
Vomiting, n (%)^‡	8 (16.67)	10 (11.11)	0.356
Abdominal distention, n (%)^‡	20 (41.67)	48 (53.33)	0.192
Without defecation for 3 days, n (%)^‡	38 (79.17)	46 (51.11)	0.001
Time span to last defecation (day)	4.04 ± 2.18	4.31 ± 2.00	0.607

ACPO-NT: acute colonic pseudo-obstruction without obvious thickening of the colonic gut wall; ACPO-T: acute colonic pseudo-obstruction with obvious acute thickening of the colonic gut wall; GRV: gastric residual volume; IAP: intra-abdominal pressure.
Values are expressed as ; ^†values are expressed as median (range); ^‡values are expressed as n (%).