Pneumobilia caused by a clostridial liver abscess: Rapid diagnosis by bedside sonography in the intensive care unit

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1267-1269

  Umgelter, Andreas ^a   Wagner, Katrin ^b   Gaa, Jochen ^a   Stock, Konrad ^a   Huber, Wolfgang ^a   Reindl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOBILIA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 36649019377     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.9.1267     Document Type: Article

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