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==Description==

==Description==

Differentiate gastric dilation from gut stasis: gastric dilation develops rapidly, suddenly and unexpectedly whereas gut stasis develops slowly and insidiously, usually followed by a painful or stressful episode. Note a moving foreign body could mimic gut stasis except that the stomach is not impacted (stomach may or may not be impacted).

The difference between gastric dilation and gut stasis is that gastric dilation develops rapidly, suddenly and unexpectedly, whereas gut stasis develops slowly and insidiously, usually followed by a painful or stressful episode. Note that a moving foreign body could mimic gut stasis except that the stomach is not impacted (stomach may or may not be impacted).

==Pathophysiology==

==Pathophysiology==