Open Access DOI: The Use of Long-Term, Low-Dose
A clinical guideline for management of gastroparesis recommends that erythromycin improves gastric emptying and symptoms from delayed gastric emptying
Gastroparesis (GP) or "delayed gastric emptying" is a chronic gastrointestinal motility disorder of rising prevalence and cost
Other agents can also be helpful for management of associated abdominal pain accompanying gastroparesis
Erythromycin is an antibiotic that is licensed to treat various infections of the chest, digestive system, ear, eye, mouth and skin
King is program director for the acute care nurse practitioner program at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in Nashville, Tenn
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ABT-229 is a specific motilin agonist that dose-dependently accelerates gastric emptying
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Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) is a common and frustrating complication of pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD)
For outpatients, oral
9 Erythromycin has also been used to treat post-vagotomy gastroparesis, 6, 10 as well as delayed gastric emptying secondary to progressive systemic sclerosis
Delayed gastric emptying has also been attributed to factors related both to the underlying disease that led to critical illness and to specific therapeutic interventions
Oral erythromycin also accelerates gastric emptying, but to a lesser degree
Gastroparesis, or delayed gastric emptying, is a common cause of chronic nausea and vomiting
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the