Hepatic portal venous gas in a critically ill patient

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 575-578

  Venkatesh, B ^a   Tesar, P ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical care, intensive care: ileus, hepatic vein, portal vein, gas, intensive care, translocation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CASE REPORT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031788623     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9802600516     Document Type: Article

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