Effectiveness of lactulose syrup after cardiac surgery

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-54

  Van Der Schaaf, Marike ^a   Vermeulen, Hester ^a   Storm Versloot, Marja N ^a   Goossens, Astrid ^a   Simons, Robert ^a   Eijsman, Léon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; LACTULOSE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FLATULENCE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPHYLAXIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 1342279548     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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