Benign spontaneous pneumoperitoneum in systemic sclerosis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 379-381

  Vischio, John ^a   Matlyuk Urman, Zinaida ^a   Lakshminarayanan, Santhanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

gastrointestinal; pneumoperitoneum; systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; ELECTROLYTE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LAXATIVE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; ONDANSETRON; RABEPRAZOLE; RIFAXIMIN; SUCRALFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BENIGN SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOPERITONEUM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NAUSEA; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH PARESIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PERITONITIS; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650414583     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181ffeb49     Document Type: Article

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