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- Title
Ultrasound of portal venous gas in a child with short bowel syndrome.
- Authors
Hosokawa, Takahiro; Yamada, Yoshitake; Tanami, Yutaka; Sato, Yumiko; Oguma, Eiji
- Abstract
The article focuses on the goal of treatment for Short bowel syndrome (SBS) that involves a reduction in small intestine length due to surgery required for conditions such as midgut volvulus or necrotizing enterocolitis. It mentions the link of Portal venous gas (PVG) to certain intestinal disorders and with a patient mortality rate.
- Subjects
ANTIBIOTICS; ABDOMINAL radiography; BLOOD testing; COMPUTED tomography; CLINICAL pathology; FEVER; BOWEL obstructions; PORTAL vein; GAS embolism; EARLY medical intervention; SHORT bowel syndrome; NEPHRECTOMY; CHILDREN
- Publication
Pediatrics International, 2019, Vol 61, Issue 7, p733
- ISSN
1328-8067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ped.13900