Emergency colectomy for fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis: Striking the right balance

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1222-1227

  Osman, Khalid A ^a   Ahmed, Mohamed H ^a   Hamad, Mahir A ^a   Mathur, Dilip ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis (FCDC); Pseudomembranous colitis (PMC); Toxic megacolon

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLITIS; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TACHYCARDIA; TOXIC MEGACOLON; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLECTOMY; COLITIS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 80052893527     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.605469     Document Type: Review

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