Colectomy in an ICU patient population:clinical and histological evaluation

Abstract Colectomy is performed in critically-ill patients who, for example, experience colonic ischemia following cardiac surgery or reconstruction of a ruptured aortic aneurysm, nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia with severe sepsis, or toxic megacolon due to Clostridium difficile infection. The pr...

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Main Author: Sipola, S. (Seija)
Other Authors: Ala-Kokko, T. (Tero)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Oulun yliopisto 2014
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Online Access:http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526203706
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