Journal article
Cisapride: The Problem of the Heart
Abstract
Cisapride has been used in the neonatal population as a first-line gastrointestinal prokinetic agent for managing feeding intolerance secondary to decreased gastrointestinal motility. Cisapride acts specifically at many levels of the gastrointestinal tract and has no central nervous system side effects. Recently, prolonged QT interval has been reported secondary to high-dose cisapride, and concerns regarding its use in premature infants have …
Authors
Premji SS; Paes B
Journal
Neonatal Network The Journal of Neonatal Nursing, Vol. 18, No. 7, pp. 21–25
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company
Publication Date
October 1999
DOI
10.1891/0730-0832.18.7.21
ISSN
0730-0832