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The Efficacy of Peripheral Opioid Antagonists in Opioid-Induced Constipation and Postoperative Ileus: A Systematic Review of the Literature. [PDF]

, 2017
Opioid-induced constipation has a negative impact on quality of life for patients with chronic pain and can affect more than a third of patients. A related but separate entity is postoperative ileus, which is an abnormal pattern of gastrointestinal ...
Baratta, Jaime L., Grant, Alexander E., McNulty, Stephen E., Schwenk, Eric S., Torjman, Marc C., Viscusi, Eugene R.   +5 more
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Homoeopathy [PDF]

, 2002
Homoeopathy is a system of treating patients using very low dose preparations according to the principle: "like should be cured with like". This paper summarises the research evidence presented in a recent issue of Effective Health Care on the ...
Bridle, Christopher, Kleijnen, J., O'Meara, S., Wilson, Paul (Paul M.), Wright, K.   +4 more
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Preoperative albumin levels predict prolonged postoperative ileus in gastrointestinal surgery

World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020
BACKGROUND Prolonged postoperative ileus (PPOI) is a prolonged state of “pathological” gastrointestinal (GI) tract dysmotility. There are relatively few studies examining the influence of preoperative nutritional status on the development of PPOI in ...
W. Liang, Ke-cheng Zhang, Hua Li, J. Cui, H. Xi, Jiyang Li, A. Cai, Yuhua Liu, Wang Zhang, Lan Zhang, B. Wei, Lin Chen   +11 more
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The Effectiveness of Anti‐Adhesion Barriers on Prevention of Postoperative Adhesive Bowel Obstruction: Disease‐Free Survival Analysis

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
We performed a survival analysis of abdominal gastroenterological cancer surgery cases with and without anti‐adhesive barriers, with the development of adhesive bowel obstruction as the outcome. The incidence of adhesive bowel obstruction was significantly lower in patients undergoing open or laparoscopic colorectal surgery in the anti‐adhesive ...
Shota Ebinuma, Susumu Kunisawa, Daisuke Takada, Kiyohide Fushimi, Akinobu Taketomi, Yuichi Imanaka   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cadaveric small bowel and small bowel-liver transplantation in humans [PDF]

, 1992
Five patients had complete cadaveric small bowel transplants under FK506 immunosuppression, one as an isolated graft and the other 4 in continuity with a liver. Three were children and two were adults.
Abu-Elmagd, K, Casavilla, A, Demetris, AJ, Fung, JJ, Iwaki, Y, Jain, A, Murase, N, Nakamura, K, Reyes, J, Starzl, TE, Thiel, DV, Todo, S, Tzakis, AG, Yagihashi, A   +13 more
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Potential Association Between Perioperative Fluid Management and Occurrence of Postoperative Ileus.

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 2020
BACKGROUND Postoperative ileus remains an issue after colorectal surgery delaying recovery and increasing the length of hospital stay and costs. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of perioperative fluid management on ileus ...
F. Grass, J. Lovely, J. Crippa, M. Hübner, Kellie L Matthis, D. Larson   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prognostic Utility of the Preoperative Cachexia Index in Patients Undergoing Emergency Laparotomy

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
The preoperative cachexia index, incorporating muscle mass, nutritional status, and inflammation, predicts in‐hospital and one‐year mortality in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy. This simple index may aid in risk stratification and perioperative decision‐making in high‐risk surgical patients. ABSTRACT Aim Emergency laparotomy is associated with
Naoko Fukushima, Takahiro Masuda, Kazuto Tsuboi, Masami Yuda, Keita Takahashi, Fumiaki Yano, Ken Eto   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Turkish coffee effect on postcaesarean section bowel motility

Medicine Science, 2022
To investigate the effect of coffee consumption on bowel motility on postcaesarean patients. This study is designed as a prospective randomized trial. Patients who are operated between dates June 2017-July 2017 are assessed for eligibility.
Seda Yuksel Simsek, Gonca Serbetcioglu, Erhan Simsek, Songul Alemdaroglu, Latife Atasoy Karaka, Gulsen Dogan Durdag, Hakan Kalayci, Sirin Aydn, Husnu Celik   +8 more
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Evaluatie van risicofactoren voor postoperatieve ileus bij paarden [PDF]

, 2001
The parameters of the records of 273 horses surgically treated for colic between January 1998 and January 2000 were analysed to identify risk factors for the development of postoperative ileus.
Boel, Karind, Deprez, Piet, Dewulf, Jeroen, Steenhaut, Michel, Vlaminck, Lieven   +4 more
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Cardiac transplantation with cyclosporin A and prednisone [PDF]

, 1982
Influenced by continuing improvement in results from Stanford, cardiac transplantation was resumed at the University Health Center of Pittsburgh in June 1980. Cyclosporin A (CyA) became available to the authors early in 1981.
Bahnson, HT, Deeb, GM, Griffith, BP, Hardesty, RL, Starzl, TE   +4 more
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