Acute colonic surgery and unrecognized hypothyroidism: A warning. Report of six cases

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 859-861

  Bergeron, Eric ^a   Mitchell, Andrew ^a   Heyen, Françoise ^a   Dubé, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute colonic surgery; Elderly; Hypothyroidism; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

AGED; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLON DILATATION; COLON PERFORATION; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LACERATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC DISEASES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0030787003     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02055446     Document Type: Article

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