Acute surgical emergencies in patients at or near the end of life

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 338-341

  Townsend, Michael C ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Palliation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DETERIORATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; SEPTIC SHOCK; TERMINAL CARE; VOMITING;

EID: 83755174257     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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