title: Necrotising colitis with perforation in diarrhoic patients treated with loperamide.
abstract: Two cases of necrotising enterocolitis with perforation occurred in patients with paralytic ileus after loperamide therapy. The possible role of loperamide in the pathogenesis of the complications is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Unit, Hospital Clinico y Provincial, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olm
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Garcia-Valdecasas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fuster
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertran
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Milla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008139:Loperamide / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D008139:Loperamide