Pneumatosis intestinalis leading to perioperative hypovolemic shock: Case report

Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is an uncommon disorder defined as multiple foci of gas within the intestinal wall. Despite recognition of an increasing number of cases of PI, the optimal management strategy, whether through surgical or other means, remains controversial. The present report describes...

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Autores principales: Takami, Yukako, Koh, Toshimori, Nishio, Minoru, Nakagawa, Noboru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21548980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-6-15
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author Takami, Yukako
Koh, Toshimori
Nishio, Minoru
Nakagawa, Noboru
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description Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is an uncommon disorder defined as multiple foci of gas within the intestinal wall. Despite recognition of an increasing number of cases of PI, the optimal management strategy, whether through surgical or other means, remains controversial. The present report describes the case of a patient with PI who underwent exploratory laparotomy without specific findings and who ultimately died due to extensive intestinal hemorrhage that was possibly triggered by surgery.
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spelling pubmed-31082892011-06-07 Pneumatosis intestinalis leading to perioperative hypovolemic shock: Case report Takami, Yukako Koh, Toshimori Nishio, Minoru Nakagawa, Noboru World J Emerg Surg Case Report Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is an uncommon disorder defined as multiple foci of gas within the intestinal wall. Despite recognition of an increasing number of cases of PI, the optimal management strategy, whether through surgical or other means, remains controversial. The present report describes the case of a patient with PI who underwent exploratory laparotomy without specific findings and who ultimately died due to extensive intestinal hemorrhage that was possibly triggered by surgery. BioMed Central 2011-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3108289/ /pubmed/21548980 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-6-15 Text en Copyright ©2011 Takami et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Takami, Yukako
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Pneumatosis intestinalis leading to perioperative hypovolemic shock: Case report
title Pneumatosis intestinalis leading to perioperative hypovolemic shock: Case report
title_full Pneumatosis intestinalis leading to perioperative hypovolemic shock: Case report
title_fullStr Pneumatosis intestinalis leading to perioperative hypovolemic shock: Case report
title_full_unstemmed Pneumatosis intestinalis leading to perioperative hypovolemic shock: Case report
title_short Pneumatosis intestinalis leading to perioperative hypovolemic shock: Case report
title_sort pneumatosis intestinalis leading to perioperative hypovolemic shock: case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21548980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-6-15
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