A 65-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for severe bilious vomiting following gastric surgery. This occurs in which circumstance?
High-Yield Explanation
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.