Unexpected mortality in pediatric patients with postoperative Hirschsprung's disease

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 525-528

  Wang, Jin Sheng ^a   Lee, Hung Chang ^b   Huang, Fu Yuan ^c   Chang, Pei Yeh ^c   Sheu, Jin Cherng ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hirschsprung's disease; Soave's endorectal pull through; T antigen; Thomsen antigen; Unexpected death

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIGEN; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; T ANTIGEN; THOMSEN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COLON AGANGLIONOSIS; COLON LAVAGE; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; ILEUS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULL THROUGH OPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WOUND INFECTION;

ANAL CANAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLON; COLOSTOMY; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOANTIGENS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

EID: 4544287776     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1213-8     Document Type: Article

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