Clinical Trial: The Effects of Combined Gum-chewing and Parenteral Metoclopramide on Post-operative Ileus
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Condition: Ileus Postoperative
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: The Effects of Combined Gum-chewing and Parenteral Metoclopramide on the Duration of Post-operative Ileus After Abdominal Surgery
Brief Summary:
A delay in the return of bowel function is a common occurrence after abdominal surgeries.1 The goal of this study was to test the effect of the combined use of chewing a gum and administering metoclopramide intravenously on the duration of this natural delay in the return of bowel function after abdominal surgeries. Patients were grouped into four: the first group received both gum and metoclopramide; the second group received only gum; the third group received only metoclopramide, while the fourth group (the…
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