Current strategies for preventing or ameliorating postoperative ileus: A multimodal approach

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 20 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Gannon, Richard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Antiemetics; Antiinflammatory agents; Buprenorphine; Ileus; Opiates; Postoperative complications; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISACODYL; BUPIVACAINE; BUPRENORPHINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ACUPRESSURE; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CHEWING GUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG CHOICE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING;

EID: 35348910962     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp070429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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