Outcome following emergency surgery for refractory severe ulcerative colitis in a tertiary care centre in India

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pal, Sujoy ^a   Sahni, Peush ^a   Pande, Girish K ^a   Acharya, Subrat K ^a   Chatttopadhyay, Tushar K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INDIA; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXIC MEGACOLON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; COLON; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALE; MEGACOLON, TOXIC; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29144462665     PISSN: 1471230X     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-5-39     Document Type: Article

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