Sudden death after open gastric bypass surgery

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 394, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 573-577

  Wölnerhanssen, Bettina Karin ^a   Langer, Igor ^a   Eriksson, Urs ^a   Schneider, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Complication; Morbid obesity; Mortality; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; INFUSION FLUID; TORASEMIDE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; LEG ULCER; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBID OBESITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STOMACH BYPASS; SUDDEN DEATH; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; RISK FACTORS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 67749120799     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-008-0370-y     Document Type: Article

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