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Methylnaltrexone and Naloxone for Opioid-induced Constipation in the Critical Care Setting

Opioid antagonists in the ICU are often a last-line medication given to patients with opioid-induced constipation. Traditionally, patients have been administered nonopioid-based bowel regimens such as senna, peg, and docusate to treat constipation. Despite the obvious need to treat acute pain with o...

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Autores principales: Saini, Harneel S, Alvi, Zara, Singh, Bavandeep, Elsharkawy, Basant, Yasir, Muhammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7051104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32181073
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6829