Surgical Management of Bowel Perforations and Outcome in Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants (≤1,200 g)

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 190-194

  Sharma, Renu ^a,b   Tepas III, Joseph J ^a   Mollitt, Daniel L ^a   Pieper, Pam ^a   Wludyka, Peter ^a  

^a Univ of Florida Hlth Sci Center ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel perforation; Indomethacin; Laparotomy; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Nonionic contrast imaging; Peritoneal drainage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE STRICTURE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEUTROPENIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0742288112     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.10.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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