Severe liver haemorrhage during laparotomy in very low birthweight infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1260-1262

  Pumberger, W ^a   Kohlhauser, C ^b   Mayr, M ^b   Pomberger, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Liver haemorrhage; Liver package; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Spontaneous intestinal perforation; Very low birthweight infants

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; POLYGLACTIN; PROTHROMBIN; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABSCESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTEROSTOMY; FATALITY; FLUID THERAPY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CYST; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WOUND DRESSING;

ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036429702     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352502320777531     Document Type: Review

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