Conservative management of infected necrosis complicating severe acute pancreatitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-103

  Adler, Douglas G ^a   Chari, Suresh T ^a   Dahl, Tamela J ^a   Farnell, Michael B ^a   Pearson, Randall K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037256842     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07162.x     Document Type: Article

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