Extensive colonic necrosis following cardiac arrest and successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Report of a case and literature review

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Katsoulis, Iraklis E ^a   Balanika, Alexia ^a   Sakalidou, Maria ^a   Gogoulou, Ioanna ^a   Stathoulopoulos, Athanasios ^a   Digalakis, Michael K ^a  

^a Asklepieio General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colonic necrosis; CPR; Non occlusive ischaemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869005775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-7-35     Document Type: Review

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