Continuous intravenous lidocaine in the treatment of paralytic ileus due to severe spinal cord injury

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-130

  Baumann, A ^a   Audibert, G ^a   Klein, O ^b   Mertes, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; NEOSTIGMINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; PARALYTIC ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57649187362     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01787.x     Document Type: Article

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