Postoperative ileus: Mechanisms and future directions for research

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 358-370

  Vather, Ryash ^a   O'Grady, Greg ^a   Bissett, Ian P ^a   Dinning, Phil G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Definition, high resolution manometry; Novel therapeutic strategies; Pathophysiology; Postoperative ileus; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; SURGICAL STRESS; ABDOMEN; CLASSIFICATION; ILEUS; INNERVATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOMENCLATURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; TRENDS;

ABDOMEN; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84899100072     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12220     Document Type: Article

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