Abdominal surgical emergencies in infants and young children

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 909-935

  McCollough, Maureen ^a   Sharieff, Ghazala Q ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^c PALOMAR POMERADO HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CHILD; COLON POLYP; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INTUSSUSCEPTION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE NECROSIS; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MIDGUT; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; TESTIS TORSION; VOLVULUS; VOMITING;

EID: 0348014409     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(03)00090-7     Document Type: Review

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