Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-239

  De Giorgio, R ^a,c   Knowles, C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 4 RECEPTOR AGONIST; ALVIMOPAN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CISAPRIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; OPIATE; PHENOTHIAZINE; PLACEBO; PRUCALOPRIDE; RENZAPRIDE; TEGASEROD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CECOSTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DILATATION; COLONOSCOPY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NAUSEA; OGILVIE SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALIVATION; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH PARESIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CECOSTOMY; COLONIC PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; COLONOSCOPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; NEOSTIGMINE; PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 61749103249     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6480     Document Type: Review

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