A 72-Year-old man presenting with Melena and multiple falls becomes acutely decompensated

Chest

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2014, Pages e130-e133

  Tofts, Ryu ^a   Kory, Pierre ^a   Acquah, Samuel ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; AGED; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER OCCLUSION; CATHETER REMOVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FALLING; FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA; FOLEY BALLOON CATHETER; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MALE; MELENA; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; REVIEW; URINE RETENTION; BLADDER; RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY CATHETER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MELENA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY CATHETERS;

EID: 84907936093     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-1822     Document Type: Article

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