Nicotine gum chewing: A novel strategy to shorten duration of postoperative ileus via vagus nerve activation

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 352-354

  Wu, Z ^a   Boersema, G S A ^a   Jeekel, J ^a   Lange, J F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE GUM; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CHEWING GUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE DURATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; RISK REDUCTION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; ILEUS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHEWING GUM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; ILEUS; LENGTH OF STAY; NICOTINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84908357155     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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