Evaluation and management of intestinal obstruction

American Family Physician

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-165

  Jackson, Patrick G ^a   Raiji, Manish ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST FLUOROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PRESSURE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; ADULT; CHILD; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952267307     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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