Post-Necrotising Enterocolitis Pseudo-Obstruction Treated with Cisapride*
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in European Journal of Pediatric Surgery
- Vol. 45 (05) , 282-285
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1042601
Abstract
We report on one patient in whom segmental colic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (IPO) following the surgical treatment of a grade III necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) was responsible for a severe failure to thrive. Further intestinal resection in an already short gut was avoided by using Cisapride, a new intestinal prokinetic agent (1 mg/kg/d in 4 doses, orally), which dramatically improved the symptoms and allowed weight gain and intestinal adaptation. After 6 months, Cisapride was withdrawn. IPO did not recur after 2 years of follow-up, although proximal distention persisted.Case ReportsJournal ArticleSCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publisheKeywords
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