Computed tomographic diagnosis of pneumatosis intestinalis: Clinical measures predictive of the need for surgical intervention

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 506-510

  Duron, Vincent P ^a   Rutigliano, Sandra ^b   Machan, Jason T ^a   Dupuy, Damian E ^a   Mazzaglia, Peter J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OCCULT BLOOD; PERITONITIS; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955986983     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.95     Document Type: Article

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