Splenic rupture after colonoscopy

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-62

  Goitein, David ^a   Goitein, Orly ^b   Pikarski, Alon ^a  

^a WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Complication; Splenic rupture

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PALLOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346458939     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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