Postoperative ileus: Recent developments in pathophysiology and management

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 367-376

  Bragg, Damian ^a   El Sharkawy, Ahmed M ^a   Psaltis, Emmanouil ^a   Maxwell Armstrong, Charles A ^a   Lobo, Dileep N ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pathophysiology; Postoperative ileus; Prevention; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALVIMOPAN; CELECOXIB; CHEMOKINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; DAIKENCHUTO; DICLOFENAC; LAXATIVE; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MOSAPRIDE; NEUROHORMONE; NICOTINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; PROKINETIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COFFEE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MOBILIZATION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; REVIEW; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ILEUS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; ILEUS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84928207714     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2015.01.016     Document Type: Review

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