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Erythromycin improves gastric emptying in critically ill patients intolerant of nasogastric feeding

Marianne J. Chapman, Robert Fraser, M. T. Kluger, Michael Buist, Daniela J. De Nichilo

Critical Care Medicine · 2000 · 164 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

In critically ill patients who have large volumes of gastric aspirates indicating a failure to tolerate nasogastric feeding, a single small dose of intravenous erythromycin allows continuation of feed in the short term.

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A prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial of enteral immunonutrition in the critically ill

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Involvement of two different pathways in the motor effects of erythromycin on the gastric antrum in humans

Bernard Coulie, Jan Tack, T. L. Peeters et al. · Gut · 1998 · 178 citations · Full text

A model of gastric emptying using paracetamol absorption in intensive care patients

Maggie Tarling, C. C. Toner, P. S. Withington et al. · Intensive Care Medicine · 1997 · 160 citations

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Effect of erythromycin on gastric motility in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients

Alain Dive, Christian Miesse, Laurence Galanti et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 1995 · 154 citations