Acute mesenteric ischemia: The importance of early surgical consultation

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-219

  Eltarawy, Islam G ^a   Etman, Yasser M ^a   Zenati, Mazen ^a   Simmons, Richard L ^a   Rosengart, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LACTIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; MESENTERY ISCHEMIA; MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY DELAY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ISCHEMIA; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449136269     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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