Rectal ulceration caused by the anti-anginal nicorandil: Case report of a preventable complication

Patient Safety in Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Malde, Sachin ^a   Wilson, Ajay ^b  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICORANDIL; STEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM ULCER; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 79960393953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17549493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-9493-4-10     Document Type: Article

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