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Survival from a 75% TBSA thermal injury complicated by bowel ischemia presenting with pneumatosis intestinalis

Thermal injury is associated with an increased risk of abdominal complications such as ischemia, infarction and pneumatosis intestinalis (PI). PI is characterized by gas in the intestinal wall and, when diagnosed it can signify the presence of a life-threatening condition. We present a case of a pat...

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Autores principales: Caso, Raul, Barrak, Dany, Travis, Taryn E, Johnson, Laura S, Shupp, Jeffrey W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6115604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy235