Severe gastrointestinal haemorrhage and ischaemic necrosis of the small bowel in a child with 70% full-thickness burns: a case report

Burns

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 763-766

  Wilson, Michael D ^a   Dziewulski, Peter ^a  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Burns; Enteric feeding; Gastrointestinal haemorrhage; Ischaemic enterocolitis; Splanchnic ischaemia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ENTEROCOLITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; STOMACH ULCER;

BURNS; CHILD; ENTEROCOLITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NECROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034810340     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(01)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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