Treatment of portal venous gas embolism with hyperbaric oxygen after accidental ingestion of hydrogen peroxide: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Papafragkou, Sotirios ^a   Gasparyan, Anna ^a   Batista, Richard ^a   Scott, Paul ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; gas embolism; HBO; hydrogen peroxide; hyperbaric oxygen; portal vein

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLUTAMIC OXALOCETIC TRANSAMINASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INGESTION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PORTAL VENOUS GAS EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84864014043     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.07.043     Document Type: Article

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