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loperamide and Critical Illness

loperamide has been researched along with Critical Illness in 1 studies

Loperamide: One of the long-acting synthetic ANTIDIARRHEALS; it is not significantly absorbed from the gut, and has no effect on the adrenergic system or central nervous system, but may antagonize histamine and interfere with acetylcholine release locally.
loperamide : A synthetic piperidine derivative, effective against diarrhoea resulting from gastroenteritis or inflammatory bowel disease.

Critical Illness: A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent.

Research Excerpts

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" The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation methodology was applied to evaluate the effect of loperamide, diphenoxylate/atropine, and elemental diet on the resolution of noninfectious diarrhea in critically ill adults based on selected outcomes: improvement in clinical diarrhea, fecal frequency, time to the diarrhea resolution, and hospital length of stay."5.01Antimotility agents for the treatment of acute noninfectious diarrhea in critically ill patients: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. ( Bhattacharya, B; Bugaev, N; Chiu, WC; Como, JJ; Cripps, MW; Ferrada, P; Gelbard, RB; Gondek, S; Kasotakis, G; Kim, D; Mentzer, C; Robinson, BRH; Salcedo, ES; Yeh, DD, 2019)

Research

Studies (1)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's1 (100.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Bugaev, N1
Bhattacharya, B1
Chiu, WC1
Como, JJ1
Cripps, MW1
Ferrada, P1
Gelbard, RB1
Gondek, S1
Kasotakis, G1
Kim, D1
Mentzer, C1
Robinson, BRH1
Salcedo, ES1
Yeh, DD1

Reviews

1 review available for loperamide and Critical Illness

ArticleYear
Antimotility agents for the treatment of acute noninfectious diarrhea in critically ill patients: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
    The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 2019, Volume: 87, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Antidiarrheals; Critical Illness; Diarrhea; Diet Therapy; Diphenoxylate; Gastrointestinal Mot

2019