Boerhaave syndrome - Unusual cause of chest pain

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 489-491

  Kundra, Manu ^a,b   Yousaf, Shagufta ^a,b   Maqbool, Shazia ^a,b   Mahajan, Prashant V ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boerhaave syndrome; Spontaneous esophageal rupture

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; INFUSION FLUID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PROMETHAZINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BOERHAAVE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 34547692768     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000280515.44031.06     Document Type: Article

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