Three hundred consecutive emergent celiotomies in general surgery patients: Influence of advanced diagnostic imaging techniques and procedures on diagnosis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 235, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 681-689

  Rozycki, Grace S ^a   Tremblay, Lorraine ^a   Feliciano, David V ^a   Joseph, Richard ^a   DeDelva, Pierre ^a   Salomone, Jeffrey P ^a   Nicholas, Jeffrey M ^a   Cava, Raymond A ^a   Ansley, Joseph D ^a   Ingram, Walter L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERITONITIS;

EID: 0036240291     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200205000-00010     Document Type: Article

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