Portomesenteric venous gas in acute bowel ischemia: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 656-660

  Lai, Wen Hsiang ^a   Hwang, Tsann Long ^a   Chen, Huan Wu ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute bowel ischemia; Hepatic portal venous gas; Pneumatosis intestinalis; Portomesenteric venous gas

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMBOLISM, AIR; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; ISCHEMIA; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION; MESENTERIC VEINS; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47149085795     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-007-3678-2     Document Type: Article

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