The role of anticoagulation in pylephlebitis

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 449-453

  Baril, Nicole ^a   Wren, Sherry ^a   Radin, Randall ^a   Ralls, Philip ^a   Stain, Steven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER PATIENT; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON PERFORATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PHLEBITIS; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBITIS; SUPPURATION; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0030297480     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00220-6     Document Type: Article

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