Gastrointestinal problems in the chronically critically ill patient

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 135-147

  Sheth, Sunil G ^b   LaMont, J Thomas ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ATROPINE; CIMETIDINE; CLINDAMYCIN; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METRONIDAZOLE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PAPAVERINE; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RANITIDINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SORBITOL; SUCRALFATE; VANCOMYCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; BRADYCARDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; ILEUS; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LONG TERM CARE; MESENTERIC BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; OGILVIE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS ULCER; TOXIC MEGACOLON; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 0035074254     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(05)70030-7     Document Type: Article

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