Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety
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Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf · Jun 2007
In-hospital use of opioids increases rate of coded postoperative paralytic ileus.
To determine the association between opioid use and the occurrence of postoperative paralytic ileus (POI) after different types of surgery. ⋯ This study demonstrated a distinct association between the use of opioids, in particular natural opium alkaloids, and the risk for coded POI.