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In a patient with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction who develops refractory postoperative ileus, what is your pharmacologic escalation strategy and when do you move beyond medications to endoscopic or procedural interventions?

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Gastroenterology · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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I would start with alvimopan; second line, methylnaltraxone.

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