Use of anti-inflammatory drugs by patients admitted with small or large bowel perforations and haemorrhage.
Year: 1985
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The intake of anti-inflammatory drugs by 268 patients with colonic or small bowel perforation or haemorrhage was compared with that by a group of patients, matched for age and sex, with uncomplicated lower bowel disease. Patients with perforation or haemorrhage were more than twice as likely to be takers of anti-inflammatory drugs, but no association was detected with the intake of other types of drugs, particularly cardiovascular drugs. The association between complicated lower bowel disease and intake of anti-inflammatory drugs may be causal.
Source: BMJ
Authors: M J Langman, L Morgan, A Worrall
Institutions: University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre
Language: English
Topic: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Subfield: Gastroenterology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1986775845