Potentially fatal bleeding in acute pancreatitis: Pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment

Pancreas

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-14

  Flati, Giancarlo ^a,d   Andrén Sandberg, Åke ^c   La Pinta, Massimo ^b   Porowska, Barbara ^a   Carboni, Manlio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Massive bleeding; Pancreatic necrosis; Pseudoaneurysm; Pseudocyst

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING;

EID: 0037214163     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-200301000-00002     Document Type: Article

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