Management of the first presentation of severe acute colitis

Bailliere's Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-151

  Leiper, Keith ^a   London, Ian J ^a   Rhodes, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Colectomy; Corticosteroids; Cyclosporin; Infective colitis; Microbiology; Radiology; Scintigraphy; Sigomoidoscopy; Toxic dilatation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOSPORIN; ELECTROLYTE; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NICOTINE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BARIUM ENEMA; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON DILATATION; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DIET; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FECES CULTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM BIOPSY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030927384     PISSN: 09503528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3528(97)90058-0     Document Type: Article

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