"Minimal intervention management" for gastroschisis. A preliminary report

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-154

  Duncan, N D ^a   Brown, B ^b   Dundas, S E ^b   Wieranga, K ^a   Kulkarni, S ^a   Pinnock Ramsaran, C ^b   Abel, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Bustamante Hospital for Children   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BREATHING EXERCISE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CASE REPORT; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; SAFETY; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 21044452197     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000200014     Document Type: Article

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