Sterile hepatic abscess secondary to administration of parenteral fluids via an umbilical venous catheter in a premature baby

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 575-576

  Montaruli, Ernesto ^a   Pfister, Riccardo E ^b   Wildhaber, Barbara E ^a  

^a Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Paediatrics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; LIPID; METRONIDAZOLE; MULTIVITAMIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AIR CONDITIONING; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLESTASIS; CYTOLYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER ABSCESS; NEWBORN; NOTE; OSMOLARITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STOMACH DISTENSION; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; UMBILICAL ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; UMBILICAL VENOUS CATHETER;

CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER ABSCESS; LOPERAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; OCTREOTIDE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 80155143254     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31821c5acf     Document Type: Note

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