Pneumoperitoneum after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy among adults in the intensive care unit: Incidence, predictive factors, and clinical significance

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 591-594

  Nazarian, Amir ^a   Cross, Wirt ^a   Kowdley, Gopal Chandru ^a  

^a ST AGNES HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; STOMACH RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862836980     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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