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Continuous drip treatment for chronic ulcerative colitis: Preliminary report

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

Conclusions

1. As the etiology of the various forms of ulcerative colitis is not yet clear, neither effective specific treatment nor a satisfactory method for complementary local therapy heretofore has been available.

2. It is suggested that the continuous drip administration of a colloidal adsorptive and astringent substance (a mixture of kaolin in alumina gel with mineral oil and bismuth subgallate) be used.

3. Six cases of serious chronic ulcerative colitis are described, in which symptomatic relief occurred in eighteen to forty-eight hours after drip treatment was begun, with progressive clinical, roentgenographic and rectosigmoidoscopic evidence of improvement.

4. In two cases symptoms recurred after remission for several months, necessitating further drip treatment.

5. The treatment appears harmless and attended by little danger of intestinal obstruction.

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  1. Rosario Hospital, Argentina

    Juan Nasio M.D. (Chief of Gastroenterology, Fellow)

  2. the National Cultural Commission, Rosario, Argentina

    Juan Nasio M.D. (Chief of Gastroenterology, Fellow)

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Nasio, J. Continuous drip treatment for chronic ulcerative colitis: Preliminary report. Jour. D. D. 13, 252–255 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03002851

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