Severe gastrointestinal bleeding resulting in total gastrectomy in a patient with major burns--a case report
| Autor: | Martin H. S. Huang, Suresh Nathan, Erik S. W. Ang, K.H Chia, Seng-Teik Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Curling's ulcer
Adult Male Reoperation medicine.medical_specialty Gastrointestinal bleeding medicine.medical_treatment Postoperative Hemorrhage Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Severity of Illness Index Gastrectomy Severity of illness medicine Humans Endoscopy Digestive System Body surface area Abdomen Acute medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine Skin Transplantation medicine.disease Hemostasis Surgical Surgery Endoscopy medicine.anatomical_structure Emergency Medicine Abdomen Complication business Burns Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage |
| Zdroj: | Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries. 25(6) |
| ISSN: | 0305-4179 |
| Popis: | Gastrointestinal hemorrhage is a known but rare complication of major burns. This case report describes the management of this potentially life threatening problem in a young adult with 45% body surface area burns who developed massive gastrointestinal-tract bleeding. The patient required a total gastrectomy that was complicated by a burst abdomen. Despite undergoing a series of major insults. the patient survived and was eventually discharged from hospital with an acceptable level of morbidity. The problems faced by the burn centre team and the issues involved in the decision making process are discussed in the management of this unusually devastating complication. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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