MedBioSphere
Articles Videos The Web  
    

Stress ulceration requiring definitive

Selected Abstract

Stress ulceration requiring definitive surgery after severe trauma
Despite antiulcer prophylaxis 19 severely injured patients at our institution developed stress ulceration (SU) between 1989 and 1999 requiring surgery for perforation (n = 4) or bleeding (n = 15). A herald bleed (HB) 10.7 1.2 days after admission, 7.2 1.2 days before definitive operative therapy, ...
September 1, 2001; The American Surgeon

Read the full article with a free-trial membership at HighBeam Research



Related Articles

1. Stress ulceration requiring definitive surgery after severe trauma