Necrotising colitis with perforation in diarrhoic patients treated with loperamide
- 1 April 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
- Vol. 40 (4) , 415-416
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00265854
Abstract
Two cases of necrotising enterocolitis with perforation occurred in patients with paralytic ileus after loperamide therapy. The possible role of loperamide in the pathogenesis of the complications is suggested.Keywords
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