Peritoneovenous shunting is an effective treatment for intractable ascites

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 954, 2005, Pages 259-261

  Sooriakumaran, P ^a,b   McAndrew, H F ^b   Kiely, E M ^b   Spitz, L ^b   Pierro, A ^b  

^a Gt Ormond St Hospital for Children ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ASCITES; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE ASCITES; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG EDEMA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERITONEUM VEIN SHUNT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TERATOMA; VARICOSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ASCITES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PERITONEOVENOUS SHUNT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17444384233     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.023663     Document Type: Review

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