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Table 40-1

Causes of Nausea and Vomiting

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Obstructing disorders

 Pyloric obstruction

 Small-bowel obstruction

 Colonic obstruction

 Superior mesenteric artery syndrome

Enteric infections

 Viral

 Bacterial

Inflammatory diseases

 Cholecystitis

 Pancreatitis

 Appendicitis

 Hepatitis

Altered sensorimotor function

 Gastroparesis

 Intestinal pseudoobstruction

 Gastroesophageal reflux

 Chronic idiopathic nausea

 Functional vomiting

 Cyclic vomiting syndrome

 Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome

 Rumination syndrome

Biliary colic

Abdominal irradiation

Cardiopulmonary disease

 Cardiomyopathy

 Myocardial infarction

Labyrinthine disease

 Motion sickness

 Labyrinthitis

 Malignancy

Intracerebral disorders

 Malignancy

 Hemorrhage

 Abscess

 Hydrocephalus

Psychiatric illness

 Anorexia and bulimia nervosa

 Depression

Postoperative vomiting

Drugs

 Cancer chemotherapy

 Antibiotics

 Cardiac antiarrhythmics

 Digoxin

 Oral hypoglycemics

 Oral contraceptives

 Antidepressants

 Smoking cessation agents

 Parkinson's disease treatments

Endocrine/metabolic disease

 Pregnancy

 Uremia

 Ketoacidosis

 Thyroid and parathyroid disease

 Adrenal insufficiency

 Systemic effects of cancer

Toxins

 Liver failure

 Ethanol