Small bowel obstruction caused by intramural hemorrhage secondary to anti-coagulant therapy

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-344

  Cheng, Jianfeng ^a   Vemula, N ^a   Gendler, S ^a  

^a Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal CT; Anticoagulation therapy; Intramural hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DECOMPRESSION; DECREASED APPETITE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FLUID THERAPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; INTESTINE HEMATOMA; INTESTINE SOUND; INTESTINE WALL; JEJUNUM DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; JEJUNAL DISEASES; MALE; WARFARIN;

EID: 58149488681     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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