A 65-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for severe bilious vomiting following gastric surgery. This occurs in which circumstance?
Bilious vomiting is usually spontaneous and should be differentiated from vomiting that occurs after eating. The most likely cause of this complication is reflex of bile into the stomach. Bile gastritis with industrialization of the gastric mucosa is a likely cause.
Following ingestion of gaseous fluids
Spontaneously
Following ingestion of fatty foods
Following ingestion of bulky meals
Stomach & Duodenum