Cisapride decreases gastric content aspiration in mechanically ventilated patients

Critical Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-43

  Pneumatikos, John ^a   Koulouras, Basil ^a   Frangides, Christ ^a   Goe, Dian ^a   Nakos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Cisapride; Mechanical ventilation; Pneumonia; VAP

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; FENTANYL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROPOFOL; SUCRALFATE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ASPIRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECUMBENCY;

EID: 0033010769     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc305     Document Type: Article

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