Spontaneous hepatic rupture: A report of five cases

HPB

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 167-170

  Mascarenhas, R ^a   Mathias, J ^a   Varadarajan, R ^a   Geoghegan, J ^a   Traynor, O ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

HELLP syndrome; Hepatic rupture; Peri hepatic packing; Subcapsular haematoma

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISTRESS; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER RUPTURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERIHEPATIC PACKING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036919385     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820260503819     Document Type: Article

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