Spontaneous esophageal rupture: Boerhaave's syndrome

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-182

  Singh, Harmeet ^b   Warshawsky, Martin E ^a   Herman, Steven ^b   Shanies, Harvey M ^b  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Boerhaave's syndrome; Esophagogram; Esophagus; Pleural effusion; Pneumomediastinum

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; SHOCK; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOMITING;

EID: 0038220982     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cpm.0000059371.04504.4a     Document Type: Article

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