Postoperative Complications

Practical Guide to Equine Colic

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 244-261

  Hassel, Diana M ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Diarrhea; Endotoxemia; Fever; Ischemia reperfusion injury; Postoperative complications; Postoperative ileus (POI); Recurrent colic; Septic peritonitis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886320575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118704783.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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