Use of gastrografin in the management of worm-induced small bowel obstruction in children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1171-1176

  Hamid, Raashid ^a   Bhat, Nisar ^a   Baba, Aejaz ^a   Mufti, Gowhar ^a   Khursheed, Sheikh ^a   Wani, Sajad A ^a   Ali, Imran ^a   Hassan, Faheem ^a  

^a Skims ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides (AL); Gastrografin (Sodium Amidotrizoate 100 mg mL, Meglumine Amidotrizoate) 660 mg mL; Nasogastric tube (NGT); Small bowel obstruction (SBO)

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL; ASCARIS; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; INDIA; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; PARASITOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947028502     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-015-3793-x     Document Type: Article

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