Oesophageal rupture in a patient with postoperative nausea and vomiting

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 325-327

  Baric, A ^a,b  

^a Bendigo Hospital   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, complications: postoperative nausea vomiting; Oesophagus, perforation: diagnosis, treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA;

EID: 0034108404     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0002800315     Document Type: Article

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