ACUTE GASTRIC DILATATION: “A GLUTTONY OR A CRISES IN A PANDEMIC” AN UPDATE WITH REVIEW OF CURRENT LITERATURE

Acute Gastric Dilatation: “A Gluttony or a Crises in a Pandemic” An Update with review of Current literature

Dr.UwaisRiazUlHasan¹ M.Med, Dr.Khathija Hasan M.Med, Dr.Farooq Ahmed Qureshi MS, Dr. Victor Effiong Obong  M.B.B.Ch, MWACS, Dr.Okorie Christian Chima M.B.B.Ch, FWACS, FMCS, Dr. Amith Ibrahim M.D,Dr. Abdul Aziz Al Nami M.B.B.S, Dr. Ali Ibrahim AlShaqaqiq M.B.B.S, Dr.Mohammad Abdul Majeed Alghadeer M.B.B.S, Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al Khalaf M.B.B.S, Dr. Abdullah Al Marzooq M.B.B.S, Dr. Malak Radhi Al Aithan M.B.B.S, Dr. Fatimah Mofeed Almosabh M.B.B.S, Dr. Stevan Atiyota M.B.B.S, Dr. Khalid Elterifi ElBaher Elmhadi M.B.B.S, Dr.ShehlaRiazUlHasan Phd., Dr. Moath AbdulAziz AlMasoud² M.D, Dr. Noura Al Dossary³

Department of General Surgery, Al Omran General Hospital, Al Hassa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ²Hospital Director Al Jafr Hospital, ³Hospital Director Al Omran General Hospital.

Gastrectasia, Ectasia, or Acute gastric dilatation is a surgical emergency. Historically it was associated with binge eating, branded as gluttony, wolf eating and today goes by a refined name BED or binge eating disorder. Myriad in spectrum presentation the triggers continue to be the same a history of psychiatric disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and psychogenic polyphagia (1), (2) or following surgical procedure like fundoplication, pyloric stenosis. A masquerader in abdomen emergencies with abdominal pain and vomiting in the initial stages to shock & multiorgan collapse in later presentation. If not picked early the consequences disastrous. The mortality and morbidity from gastric dilatation is reported at 80% to 100% (1), (2), (21).

Keywords: Acute Gastric Dilatation, Malnutrition, Covid19, Perforation

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UwaisRiazUlHasan, Khathija Hasan, Farooq Ahmed Qureshi, Victor Effiong Obong, Okorie Christian Chima, Amith Ibrahim, Abdul Aziz Al Nami,Ali Ibrahim AlShaqaqiq, Mohammad Abdul Majeed Alghadeer, Mohammed Abdullah Al Khalaf,Abdullah Al Marzooq,Malak Radhi Al Aithan,Fatimah Mofeed Almosabh,Stevan Atiyota,Khalid Elterifi ElBaher Elmhadi,ShehlaRiazUlHasan, Moath AbdulAziz AlMasoud, Noura Al Dossary.Acute Gastric Dilatation: “A Gluttony or a Crises in a Pandemic” An Update with review of Current literature. American Journal of Surgical Research and Reviews, 2022, 5:37. DOI:10.28933/ajsrr-2022-02-0605

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