ISSN:
1432-1238
Keywords:
Key words Enteral nutrition
;
Critical illness
;
Prokinetic drugs
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Objective: To investigate the influence of the prokinetic drug cisapride on gastrocaecal transit time (GCTT) in children after open heart surgery. Design: Prospective, randomized and controlled study. Setting: Interdisciplinary paediatric intensive care unit in a tertiary-care children‘s hospital. Patient: Twenty-one children with a median age of 6.2 years on day 1 after uncomplicated open heart surgery for isolated septal defects, acquired mitral or aortic valve disease or tetralogy of Fallot. Control group consisting of 10 healthy children with a median age of 8.1 years. Interventions: Ten children were randomized to receive cisapride 0.2 mg/kg body weight, 30 min prior to measurement of GCTT. Measurements and results: GCTT was measured using hydrogen breath testing with a test solution containing lactulose and mannitol (0.4 g/kg and 0.1 g/kg body weight respectively). GCTT was markedly delayed in all patients compared to the control group. Within 8 h 8/10 patients in the treatment group versus 4/11 patients in the non-cisapride group achieved gastrocaecal transit. No adverse side-effects were observed. Conclusions: Cisapride accelerates gastrocaecal transit after open heart surgery in children. In intensive care patients on inotropic support or opioid medication, it may facilitate the earlier reintroduction of enteral feeding.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001340050198
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