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Reduced (hypoactive) bowel sounds include a reduction in the loudness, tone, or regularity of the sounds. They are a sign that intestinal activity has slowed. Hypoactive bowel sounds are normal during sleep. They also occur normally for a short time after the use of certain medicines and after abdominal surgery.
If it is a major abdominal surgery, of course you will not hear any bowel sounds immediately post op. And you do not need to call the doctor. They don't expect to hear any at first. If it is some other surgery, it depends, but probably will hear bowel sounds. Please chart what you hear (or don't hear). If you auscultate and do not hear bowel sounds, then chart that they are absent, not hypoactive. leslie :-D and RN1982 like this.