Secondary peritonitis: Principles of diagnosis and intervention

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 361, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Ross, James T ^a   Matthay, Michael A ^b   Harris, Hobart W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID;

APPENDIX PERFORATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEPTIC ULCER; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; ABDOMINAL CAVITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EARLY INTERVENTION; PROCEDURES;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HUMANS; PERITONITIS; SEPSIS;

EID: 85049000298     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k1407     Document Type: Review

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