Benign hepatic portal venous gas in a critically ill patient

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 951-952

  Gorospe, Emmanuel C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel ischemia; Computed tomography; Hepatic portal venous gas

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTIC ACID; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATIC PORTAL VENOUS GAS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PANCREATITIS; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ABDOMEN; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GASES; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55549100626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2008.133     Document Type: Article

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