Ascaris lumbricoides infection causing respiratory distress after coronary artery bypass grafting

Surgical Infections

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-178

  Ugras, Stacy K ^a   Finley, David J ^a   Salemi, Arash ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COUGHING; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; NEMATODE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PHILIPPINES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 77953722081     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2009.002     Document Type: Article

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