Life after colectomy for fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis: A 7-year follow up study

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 533-539

  Dallas, Kai B ^a   Condren, Audree ^a   Divino, Celia M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis; Prognosis; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLON RESECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FULMINANT CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE COLITIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL TIME; TELEMONITORING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY;

COLECTOMY; FULMINANT CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE COLITIS; PROGNOSIS; SURGERY; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLECTOMY; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897012796     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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