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Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 BackgroundInfluenced by individual differences, the depth of gastric tube placement is often different. Clinically, it is necessary to seek a simple and accurate gastric tube insertion scheme to improve the clinical efficacy of indwelling gastric tube ...
Hua Zhang +6 more
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中西医结合护理, 2023 Objective The aim of this study is to explore the accuracy of using gastrointestinal decompression method to determine the tip position of the triple-lumen nasointestinal tube in critically ill patients.
WANG Zhimin (王志民) +2 more
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman +4 more
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Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 Acute colonic pseudoobstruction (ACPO) is a medical emergency defined as acute colonic distention without mechanical obstruction or inflammatory status. The initial treatment for ACPO includes conservative therapy and gastrointestinal tube decompression.
Shih-Hao Yeh, Pi-Kai Chang
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Abdominal decompression for abdominal compartment syndrome in critically ill patients: a retrospective study [PDF]
, 2010 Background. The abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) refers to organ dysfunction that may occur as a result of increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). Successful management may require abdominal decompression and temporary abdominal closure (TAC).
Ceelen, Wim +5 more
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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy for Gastrointestinal Decompression
Annals of Surgery, 1987 From September 1980 to April 1986, 185 percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies were performed at University Hospitals of Cleveland. Of these, nine (5%) were done for chronic gastrointestinal decompression and form the basis of this report. Patients ranged in age from 21-73 years (mean: 51 years) and all had prolonged, complex hospitalizations extending ...
T A, Stellato, M W, Gauderer
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Nonobstructing Colonic Dilatation and Colon Perforations Following Renal Transplantation [PDF]
, 1990 Nonobstructing colonic dilatation has not been commonly reported following renal transplantation, and colon perforations carry a high morbidity and mortality in this population.
Hakala, TR +5 more
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Gastrointestinal decompression after excision and anastomosis of lower digestive tract [PDF]
World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2004 To discuss the clinical significance of postoperative gastrointestinal decompression in operation on lower digestive tract.Three hundred and sixty-eight patients with excision and anastomosis of lower digestive tract were divided into two groups, i.e.
Wen-Zhang, Lei +4 more
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Gigantic Stomach: A Rare Manifestation of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy [PDF]
, 2019 Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by degeneration and atrophy of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles after a latent period of apparently normal development and function. The gastrointestinal manifestations start in the second decade of
Dhaliwal, Amaninder +4 more
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Techniques for percutaneous transesophageal gastrotubing
International Journal of Gastrointestinal Intervention, 2021 Percutaneous transesophageal gastrotubing (PTEG) procedure was developed in Japan as an alternative access route into the gastrointestinal tract, and it has been performed for patients in whom percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy would be technically ...
Yozo Sato +4 more
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