An uncommon case of haemorrhagic enteric fever treated successfully with super-selective embolisation using polyvinyl alcohol particles and coils

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Lim, Wei Yang ^a   H'ng, Martin Weng Chin ^a   Punamiya, Sundeep ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Catheter; Embolisation; Enteric fever; Enteritis; Haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CONTOUR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PARTICLE EMBOLIZATION; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 84875479418     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2013058     Document Type: Article

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