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Prevalence, Morbidity, and Mortality Patterns of Typhoid Ileal Perforation as Seen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu Nigeria: An 8-year Review

BACKGROUND: Some recent studies have reported a decrease in mortality from typhoid ileal perforation. The present report aims to determine the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of this disease in patients mostly drawn from a rural area. METHODS: This is a retrospective study of 50 patients treate...

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Autores principales: Agu, Kenneth, Nzegwu, Martin, Obi, Emmanuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24858189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2637-5