Colonic perforation associated with neostigmine administration

Neostigmine is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor that is increasingly used as a medical treatment in cases of pseudo-obstruction. It has a well-recognized side-effect profile that includes bradycardia and bronchospasm. We present a case of colonic perforation after administration of neostigmine in t...

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Autores principales: McDonald, Christopher R., Tonkin, Darren, Hewett, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3813601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24964452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjt040
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description Neostigmine is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor that is increasingly used as a medical treatment in cases of pseudo-obstruction. It has a well-recognized side-effect profile that includes bradycardia and bronchospasm. We present a case of colonic perforation after administration of neostigmine in the treatment of pseudo-obstruction.
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spelling pubmed-38136012013-10-31 Colonic perforation associated with neostigmine administration McDonald, Christopher R. Tonkin, Darren Hewett, Peter J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Neostigmine is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor that is increasingly used as a medical treatment in cases of pseudo-obstruction. It has a well-recognized side-effect profile that includes bradycardia and bronchospasm. We present a case of colonic perforation after administration of neostigmine in the treatment of pseudo-obstruction. Oxford University Press 2013-07 2013-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3813601/ /pubmed/24964452 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjt040 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2013. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3813601/
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