Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
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Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. · Apr 2007
Review Meta AnalysisMeta-analysis: Lactobacillus GG for treating acute diarrhoea in children.
To review evidence for the effectiveness of Lactobacillus GG (LGG) in treating acute infectious diarrhoea in children. ⋯ The use of LGG is associated with moderate clinical benefits in the treatment of acute diarrhoea in children. These findings should be interpreted with caution due to the important methodological limitations and heterogeneity of most of the studies.
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Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. · Apr 2007
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyProspective randomized trial evaluating ketamine for advanced endoscopic procedures in difficult to sedate patients.
Adequate patient sedation is mandatory for advanced endoscopic procedures such as ERCP and EUS. ⋯ Ketamine is a useful adjunct to conscious sedation in patients who are difficult to sedate. Its use Results in better quality and depth of sedation with shorter recovery times than patients sedated using benzodiazepines and meperidine alone. Further prospective studies evaluating the effectiveness and safety of ketamine for endoscopic sedation are needed.