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digestive system, toxic megacolon, crohn's disease, areas, ulcerative colitis, digestive system organs, toxic dilation, the colon, megarectum, toxic megacolon, life-threatening complication of other intestinal conditions, characterized by a very inflated colon, abdominal distention, fever, abdominal pain, shock, complication of inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, crohn's disease, infections, the colon, forms of megacolon exist, congenital, birth, forms of constipation, abdominal pain, abdominal distention, abdominal tenderness, fever, rapid heart rate, dehydration, signs of septic shock, a physical examination reveals abdominal tenderness, loss of bowel sounds, an abdominal film shows colonic dilation, a cbc, an elevated white blood cell count, blood electrolytes, a low potassium level, signs of dehydration, objective of treatment, decompress the bowel, prevent swallowed air from further distending the bowel, decompression is not achieved, does not improve, a colectomy, surgical removal of, the colon, fluid, electrolyte replacement help, prevent dehydration, shock, use of corticosteroids indicated to suppress the inflammatory reaction, in the colon, megacolon has resulted from active inflammatory bowel disease, antibiotics given, prevent sepsis, a severe infection, does not improve, significant risk of death, in this situation, a colectomy, sepsis, shock, perforation, the colon, severe abdominal pain develops, accompanied by fever, rapid heart rate, tenderness, the abdomen is pressed, bloody diarrhea, frequent diarrhea, painful bowel movements, the underlying disease is important in preventing toxic megacolon.