Ingestion of metallic rods and needles

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 305-306

  Khan, Abdus Samad ^a   Ali, Usman ^a  

^a LADY READING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Duodenal perforation; Foreign bodies; GIT; Iron needle; Iron rods; Peritonitis

Indexed keywords

IRON; METAL; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DEHYDRATION; DISORIENTATION; DUODENUM PERFORATION; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEEDLE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RESTLESSNESS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THIRST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METALS; NEEDLES; PERITONITIS; PRISONERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745320286     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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