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What is bowel rest?
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Not eating: Typically done post-operatively or sometimes in an attempt to avoid surgery.
Answered 9/28/2013
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No eating: This may include simply not eating, but it may also include placement of a tube from the nose to the stomach (naso-gastic tube "ngt"). The ngt not only "decompresses" the stomach by removing stomach fluid, but it also helps to removes all of the air that you and i swallow throughout the day.
Answered 10/25/2018
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