A low-cost technique for measuring the intra-abdominal pressure in non-industrialised countries

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 434-435

  Basu, Adhish ^a,b  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLADDER PRESSURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NOTE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SYRINGE;

EID: 34248635393     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/rcsann.2007.89.4.431     Document Type: Note

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