Home > List of Issue > Table of Contents > Abstract
![]() |
![]() |
|||||
Select Language in Japanese < > in English |
|
ArticleTitle | Ileus After Administration of Cold Remedy in an Elderly Diabetic Patient Treated with Acarbose |
AuthorList | Kenzo Oba, Ritsuko Kudo, Makoto Yano, Kentaro Watanabe, Yumiko Ajiro, Kyoji Okazaki, Tatsuya Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakano and Shohei Metori |
Affiliation | The Division of Geriatric Medicine, Nippon Medical School |
Language | EN |
Volume | 68 |
Issue | 1 |
Year | 2001 |
Page | 61-64 |
Received | September 18, 2000 |
Accepted | October 19, 2000 |
Keywords | acarbose, α-glucosidase inhibitor, elderly, diabetes mellitus, ileus |
Abstract | A 69-year-old type 2 diabetic man was admitted due to diabetic gangrane. He had a history of subtotal gastrectomy. During hospitalization, he was treated with regular insulin and 300 mg/day of acarbose. He developed a low grade fever, cough and nasal discharge, and was given a compound "cold" remedy with anticholenergic properties. The next day, he suffered from a paralytic ileus. Oral intake and acarbose were withheld and the ileus spontaneously resolved after 2 days. These finding indicate the possibility that the ileus was triggered by drugs with anticholinergic properties in this elderly diabetic patient treated with α-glucosidase inhibitors. |
Correspondence to | Kenzo Oba MD, The Division of Geriatric Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan |
Copyright © The Medical Association of Nippon Medical School