Ischemic colitis: Clinical practice in diagnosis and treatment

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 7302-7308

  Theodoropoulou, Angeliki ^a   Koutroubakis, Ioannis E ^b  

^a Venizelion General Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colon ischemia; Intestinal blood flow; Ischemic colitis; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRADYKININ; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; ERGOT ALKALOID; GLUCAGON; HISTAMINE; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INDIUM 111; ISOPRENALINE; LAXATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PAPAVERINE; PHENTERMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SUCCIMER TC 99M; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VINCA ALKALOID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63449094176     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.7302     Document Type: Article

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