An uncommon cause of life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding: 2 synchronous Dieulafoy lesions

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 441-443

  Marangoni, Gabriele ^a   Cresswell, Adrian B ^a   Faraj, Walid ^a   Shaikh, Hizbullah ^a   Bowles, Matthew J ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dieulafoy lesion; Extragastric location; Gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIEULAFOY DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; GASTROTOMY; HEMATEMESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; JEJUNUM; LAPAROTOMY; MELENA; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; STOMACH; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 60149091191     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.09.033     Document Type: Article

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