Gastrointestinal lavage reduces total body water

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 123-125

  Buckland, Garry H ^a   Elbourne, Ian ^a   Crowe, Philip J ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

bio electrical impedance; gastrointestinal lavage; polyethylene glycol; total body water

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTESTINE LAVAGE; MALE; STOMACH LAVAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL BODY WATER;

EID: 0030940181     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb01916.x     Document Type: Article

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