Gastrointestinal complications following cardiac surgery: An analysis of 1477 cardiac surgery patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 352-357

  Perugini, Richard A ^a   Orr, Richard K ^a,b   Porter, Deborah ^a   Dumas, Elisabeth M ^a   Maini, Baltej S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Fallon Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030901096     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430280026003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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