Portal venous gas - Case report and review of the literature

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 400-404

  Mohammed, A H ^a,b   Khot, U P ^c   Thomas, D ^d  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Princess Royal University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMIODARONE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; NORADRENALIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOATING; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DETERIORATION; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; GAS EMBOLISM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PORTAL VEIN PNEUMATOSIS; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; STOMACH DIVERTICULOSIS; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIVERTICULOSIS, COLONIC; FATAL OUTCOME; GASES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33947664958     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05022.x     Document Type: Article

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