Alvimopan accelerates gastrointestinal recovery after bowel resection regardless of age, gender, race, or concomitant medication use

Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 478-486

  Senagore, Anthony J ^a   Bauer, Joel J ^b   Du, Wei ^c   Techner, Lee ^c  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ADOLOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALVIMOPAN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PLACEBO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE RESECTION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PIPERIDINES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 35348820494     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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