Hepatic portal venous gas complicating septic thrombophlebitis of the superior mesenteric vein

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-72

  Chau, T N ^a   Loke, Tony K L ^a   Leung, Vincent K S ^a   Law, S T ^a   Lai, Miranda H Y ^a   Ho, Y W ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hepatic veins; Mesenteric veins; Portal vein; Thrombophlebitis; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL VEIN; SEPSIS; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN EMBOLISM; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; SEPSIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 33947594359     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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