Non-operative management of intestinal obstruction due to ascaris lumbricoides

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 86-89

  Soomro, Aqil ^a   Akhtar, Jamshed ^a  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Hyoscinbutylbromide; Hypertonic saline enema; Intestinal obstruction

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; INFUSION FLUID; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PAKISTAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERITONITIS; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BUTYLSCOPOLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; CHILD; ENEMA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC;

EID: 0038070318     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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