Treatment of acute colonic pseudo-obstruction with tegaserod

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 339, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 575-576

  Ramirez, Ruben ^a   Zuckerman, Marc J ^a   Hejazi, Reza A ^a   Chokhavatia, Sita ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute colonic pseudo obstruction; Ogilivie syndrome; Tegaserod

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; NEOSTIGMINE; TEGASEROD;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DILATATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OGILVIE SYNDROME; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77953359264     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181db6b95     Document Type: Article

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