Perforated peptic ulcer in an adolescent girl

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 709-711

  Schwartz, Shepard ^a   Edden, Yair ^a   Orkin, Boris ^a   Erlichman, Matityahu ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Peptic ulcer disease; Perforated peptic ulcer; Pneumoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; IBUPROFEN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADOLESCENT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER PAIN; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULCER PERFORATION; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; URINALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PEPTIC ULCER PERFORATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 84864573607     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31825d21c3     Document Type: Article

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