Evaluation and management of small-bowel obstruction: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 5 SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages

  Maung, Adrian A ^a   Johnson, Dirk C ^a   Piper, Greta L ^a   Barbosa, Ronald R ^b   Rowell, Susan E ^c   Bokhari, Faran ^d   Collins, Jay N ^e   Gordon, Joseph R ^f,g   Ra, Jin H ^h   Kerwin, Andrew J ^h  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^e EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f DANBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; laparoscopy; practice management guidelines; Small bowel obstruction; surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; ENEMA; HYALURONIC ACID; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEDLINE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERITONITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROTOMY; PERITONITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84869843528     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31827019de     Document Type: Article

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