Oesophageal rupture in the course of conservative treatment of bleeding oesophageal varices

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-227

  Crerar Gilbert, Agnieszka ^a,b  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b 51 New Caledonian Wharf ^*

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal haemorrhage; Oesophageal rupture; Sengstaken blakemore tube

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; ESOPHAGUS TUBE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; SCLEROTHERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SCLEROTHERAPY;

EID: 0029887461     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.3.225     Document Type: Article

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