Erythromycin dose of 70 mg accelerates gastric emptying as effectively as 200 mg in the critically ill

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 949-954

  Ritz, Marc A ^a   Chapman, Marianne J ^a   Fraser, Robert J ^a   Finnis, Mark E ^a   Butler, Ross N ^b   Cmielewski, Patricia ^b   Davidson, Geoffrey P ^b   Rea, Deborah ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breath test; Critical illness; Enteral feeding; Erythromycin; Gastric emptying; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; ERYTHROMYCIN; OCTANOIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ADULT; AGED; BREATH TESTS; CRITICAL CARE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 21744440255     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2663-8     Document Type: Article

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