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| Year : 1999 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 217-219 |
Use of tincture opium for control of diarrhea in Short Bowel Syndrome :a case report.
IV Meisheri, BM Jayakar, A Kumar
Department of Pediatric Surgery Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children Parel, Mumbai-400020
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IV Meisheri
Department of Pediatric Surgery Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children Parel, Mumbai-400020
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ABSTRACT: Short bowel syndrome is a term used for the anatomical, physiological and nutritional distrubances that occur when an extensive portion of the bowel has to be sacrificed for gangrene. We report here a case of a three and a half month old child who required extensive resection of the small bowel for gangrene secondary to malrotation and volvulus and the treatment modalities that were tried for the severe diarrhea which followed, and the use of tincture opium for the same.
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