Surgical complications of selected gastrointestinal emergencies: Pitfalls in management of the acute abdomen

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 873-907

  Newton, Edward ^a,b   Mandavia, Sujal ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; MERCAPTOPURINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CHOLANGITIS; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON PERFORATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIZZINESS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPEPSIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEADACHE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PEPTIC ULCER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TOXIC MEGACOLON; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0347383731     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(03)00087-7     Document Type: Review

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