Pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum, pericarditis and mediastinal abscess secondary to diverticulitis of the sigmoid

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1867-1868

  Van Oers, J A H ^a   Ponssen, H H ^a   Hesp, W L E M ^a  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; CASE REPORT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; NAUSEA; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; VOMITING;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SIGMOID DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034536646     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340000711     Document Type: Letter

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