Acute colonic pseudoobstruction (Ogilvie's syndrome) in two patients receiving high dose clonidine for delirium tremens

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 780-782

  Stieger, D S ^a   Cantieni, R ^a   Frutiger, A ^a  

^a Ratischen Kantonsspital Chur   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol withdrawal delirium; Case report; Clonidine; Colonic pseudo obstruction; Ogilvie disease

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE;

AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON OBSTRUCTION; DELIRIUM TREMENS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; OGILVIE SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; CLONIDINE; COLONIC PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030799867     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050409     Document Type: Article

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