Small bowel obstruction: The art of management

AACN Advanced Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-194

  Trevino, Colleen ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Management; Obstruction; Small bowel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SMALL INTESTINE;

HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952003072     PISSN: 15597768     EISSN: 15597768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCI.0b013e3181d99247     Document Type: Article

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