When the sun can set on an unoperated bowel obstruction: Management of malignant bowel obstruction

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 117-128

  Krouse, Robert S ^a,e   McCahill, Laurence E ^b   Easson, Alexandra M ^c   Dunn, Geoffrey P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUOROURACIL; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROMORPHONE; HYDROXYZINE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; MORPHINE; OCTREOTIDE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROMETHAZINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; VOMITING;

EID: 0036303650     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01223-1     Document Type: Article

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