Management of acute pancreatitis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7446, 2004, Pages 968-969

  O'Reilly, Derek A ^a   Kingsnorth, Andrew N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFLAMMATION; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942532032     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7446.968     Document Type: Editorial

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