Gastric decompression after abdominal surgery.

نویسنده

  • D M Essenhigh
چکیده

Treatment of Malignant Melanoma A. W. Levene, F.R.C.S ................... 545 Central-Core Disease and Malignant Hyperpyrexia D. G. F. Harriman, F.R.C.P., and F. R. Ellis, PH.D., F.F.A. R.C.S. ...................... 545 Cost of Drugs J. D. P. Graham, F.R.C.P.ED.; D. K. Bose, M.R.C.G.P ............................... 546 Sarcoid Heart Disease L. Rossi, M.D ........................... 546 Cutaneous Sarcoidosis in Venepuncture Sites A. Sakula, F.R.C.P.; R. F. Harvey, M.R.C.P., and others; I. A. Short, F.R.C.P.GLASG., and J. A. Milne, F.R.C.P ..................... 547 Gastric Decompression after Abdominal Surgery D. M. Essenhigh, F.R.C.S ................. 547 Dangerous Patients A. I. Roith, M.R.C.PSYCH ................. 548 Working of the Mental Health Act S. J. G. Spencer, D.M., M.R.C.PSYCH. ...... 548 Myocardial Infarction and Pulmonary Thromboembolism W. J. Windebank, M.R.C.P., and F. Moran, F.R.C.P.ED. ............................ 548 Fractured Lippes Loop and Pregnancy Z. DomEny, M.D., and M. Hancsbk, M.D..... 549 Childhood Leukaemia and Pregnancy Viraemia R. H. Lindenbaum, M.R.C.P ............... 549 AHF-related Protein and Precipitation Reactions L. Holmberg, M.D., and Inga M. Nilsson, M.D ......................... 549 Sympathomimetic Amines and Antidepressant Agents G. G. Wallis, M.D ....................... 549 Classics and the Medical Student R. H. MacDougall, M.B., and D. W. Sinclair,

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • British medical journal

دوره 1 5852  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1973