Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's syndrome)

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Avenel, Paul ^a   Subhas, Gokulakkrishna ^a   Gasquet, Bonnie ^a   Atwal, Mandeep ^a   Mittal, Vijay K ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COLON ISCHEMIA; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OGILVIE SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; COLONIC PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78651372314     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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