Pediatric intussusception in a Saudi Arabian tertiary hospital

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 309-310

  Al Malki, T A ^a,b  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ASEER CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Management; Pediatric intussusception; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BARIUM ENEMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; SURGEON; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VOMITING; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 31744447131     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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