Erythromycin in neonatal postoperative intestinal dysmotility
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- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal
- Vol. 71 (2) , F128-F129
- https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.71.2.f128
Abstract
The motilin agonist erythromycin was used successfully in four infants receiving prolonged parenteral nutrition for severe intestinal dysmotility after gastrointestinal surgery. In a further child with a neuropathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction erythromycin induced a striking small intestinal manometric response, but was without effect in a child with an intestinal myopathy.Keywords
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