Serum lactic acid determines the outcomes of CT diagnosis of pneumatosis of the gastrointestinal tract

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-23

  Hawn, Mary T ^a,c   Canon, Cheri L ^b   Lockhart, Mark E ^b   Gonzalez, Quintin H ^a   Shore, Gregg ^a   Bondora, Anthony ^a   Vickers, Selwyn M ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542348927     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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