Treatment of Boerhaave's syndrome

Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-77

  Wolfson, Daniel ^a   Barkin, Jamie S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; POLYESTER; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RETCHING; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; T TUBE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 33847676265     PISSN: 10928472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11938-007-0059-2     Document Type: Review

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