Action Learning and Action Research engages the context of research with systemic thinking and practices. ALARA will promote the use of the Principles, and provide members, where possible, with education
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.
Bowel wall attenuation.âAn ischemic bowel segment may manifest with a hypoattenuating or hyperattenuating bowel wall. Hypoattenuation of bowel wall in acute bowel ischemia is usually homogeneous and caused by bowel wall edema; this appearance has been reported (108) in 61% of cases of ischemic colitis (Fig 11).