Surgical application of kaolin-impregnated gauze (Combat Gauze™) in severe hemorrhagic gastritis

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 774-775

  Sena, Matthew J ^a,b   Larson, Steve ^a,c   Piovesan, Nathen ^a   Vercruysse, Gary ^a,d  

^a 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAOLIN; THROMBIN;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; GAUZE DRESSING; HEMORRHAGIC GASTRITIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BANDAGES; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; KAOLIN; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651399820     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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