Clinical use of erythromycin in children with gastrointestinal dysmotility

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1021-1026

  Aanpreung, Prapun ^a   Vajaradul, Chirasri ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Critically Ill; Erythromycin; Gastroparesis; GI Dysmotility; Paralytic Ileus; Tube Feeding

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PARALYTIC ILEUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH PARESIS; THAILAND; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035685799     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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