Acute gastric dilatation causing respiratory distress
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Acute gastric dilatation causing respiratory distress
A 64-year-old man was referred to the on-call surgical team from the High Dependency Unit with acute abdominal distension. He had undergone elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair two days previously. The patient had not vomited, was diaphoretic, and had difficulty speaking due to discomfort and respiratory distress. He was tachypnoeic with a respiratory rate of 24/min, tachycardic at 1...
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عنوان ژورنال: JRSM Short Reports
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2042-5333
DOI: 10.1258/shorts.2011.011017