Colonic ischemia: An under-recognized cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Ullery, Brian S ^a   Boyko, Andrew T ^a   Banet, Gerald A ^a   Lewis, Lawrence M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal pain; colonic ischemia; gastrointestinal bleeding; mesenteric ischemia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MESENTERIC ARTERY OCCLUSION; MESENTERY ISCHEMIA; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 3042653089     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2003.11.022     Document Type: Article

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