A statewide, community-based assessment of alvimopane's effect on surgical outcomes

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 427-432

  Harbaugh, Calista M ^a   Al Holou, Shaza N ^a   Bander, Thomas S ^a   Drews, Joseph D ^a   Shah, Muazzum M ^a   Terjimanian, Michael N ^a   Cai, Shijie ^a   Campbell, Darrell A ^a   Englesbe, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

alvimopan; colectomy; postoperative ileus

Indexed keywords

ALVIMOPAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; URETER STENT;

COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; ILEUS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERIDINES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873903343     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31826c37f1     Document Type: Article

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