Observations on the pattern of vomiting and morbidity in patients with acute sigmoid volvulus

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-29

  Raveenthiran, V ^a,b  

^a VSS Medical College & Hospital   (India)

^b 7 Medical Faculty Quarters   (India)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Gangreene of large gut; Intestinal obstruction; Morbidity; Prognosis; Sigmoid colon; Volvulus; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GANGRENE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SHOCK; SIGMOID VOLVULUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; VOMITING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES; VOMITING;

EID: 1942472553     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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