Intravenous interleukin-6 levels predict need for laparotomy in patients with bowel obstruction

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1145-1149

  Firoozmand, Eiman ^a   Fairman, N ^a   Sklar, J ^a   Waxman, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035651327     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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