Vascular Abdominal Emergencies

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-272

  Lewiss, Resa E ^a   Egan, Daniel J ^a   Shreves, Ashley ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Arterial thrombus; Embolus; Mesenteric ischemia; Venous thrombus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL VASCULAR DISORDER; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; ILIAC ARTERY ANEURYSM; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ARTERY ANEURYSM; MESENTERIC ARTERY OCCLUSION; MESENTERIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; NONOCCLUSIVE HEMORRHAGIC BOWEL NECROSIS; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; RENAL ARTERY THROMBOSIS; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPLEEN ARTERY ANEURYSM; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SURGERY; VISCERAL ARTERY ANEURYSM;

EID: 79955123684     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2011.02.001     Document Type: Review

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