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Indwelling Bowel Management System as a Cause of Life-Threatening Rectal Bleeding

A 79-year-old male was transferred to the intensive care unit for postoperative respiratory support. An indwelling bowel management system was inserted for containment of noninfective diarrhoea. Following only 11 days of continual use the patient developed life-threatening rectal bleeding. Preoperat...

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Autores principales: Bright, Elizabeth, Fishwick, Guy, Berry, David, Thomas, Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21490868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000155147