Alvimopan use in laparoscopic and open bowel resections: Clinical results in a large community hospital system

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1701-1708

  Absher, Randall K ^a   Gerkin, Todd M ^b   Banares, Linda W ^c  

^a Wesley Long Community Hospital   (United States)

^b Central Carolina Surgery   (United States)

^c TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon and rectal surgery; Laparoscopy; Outcomes research

Indexed keywords

ALVIMOPAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COST SAVINGS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; ILEUS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LAPAROSCOPY; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PIPERIDINES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78049474393     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1P260     Document Type: Article

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