Postoperative gastrointestinal tract dysfunction

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 196-204

  Mythen, Michael G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CERULETIDE; CISAPRIDE; CYTOKINE; DEFENSIN; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTANOID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SEROTONIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; ILEUS; INCISION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MOBILIZATION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOSE FEEDING; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; VOMITING;

ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 10944248827     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000139376.45591.17     Document Type: Review

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