Buried Bumper Syndrome complicated by intra-abdominal sepsis

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 650-651

  Walters, Gareth ^a   Ramesh, Parthasarathy ^a   Memon, Muhammed Ibrahim ^a  

^a SOLIHULL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buried bumper syndrome; Dementia; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABSCESS; AGED; ARTICLE; BURIED BUMPER SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS;

ABDOMEN; ABSCESS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTEROCOCCUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GASTROSTOMY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PERITONEAL DISEASES;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 28244435197     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi204     Document Type: Article

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