title: [Ileus after the use of loperamide in a child with acute diarrhea].
abstract: A 2-year-old girl was diagnosed as having acute gastroenteritis with severe diarrhoea, for which she was prescribed a loperamide solution. Following this she developed paralytic ileus. She was then treated conservatively and was administered fluid and electrolytes parenterally. She started to recover after 48 hours. In young children with acute diarrhoea there usually is no place for medicinal treatment, and certainly not with antimotility drugs such as loperamide.
authors.affiliation: Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden. dudink@rdgg.nl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dudink
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Mearin
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Sukhai
mesh_terms: D000930:Antidiarrheals / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000188:drug therapy; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000628:therapy; D008139:Loperamide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000930:Antidiarrheals; D004573:Electrolytes; D008139:Loperamide
vernacular_title: Ileus na gebruik van loperamide bij een kind met acute diarree.