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Role of colonoscopic decompression in the treatment of toxic megacolon secondary to clostridium difficile colitis
DOI 10.1055/s-0033-1347515
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Autor:innenP Sarlós, F Pakodi, I Szabó, Z Nemes, Z Péterfi, Á Vincze
ZeitschriftZeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
Ausgabe05/2013
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Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has recently re-emerged with increased incidence and severity. Risk factors of CDI include advanced age, hospitalization and prior antibiotic exposure. Toxic megacolon with paralytic ileus is a serious complication of Clostridium difficile colitis with mortality ranging from 25% to 40%. The diagnosis of toxic megacolon requires several clinical and radiological criteria. For sev…
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P Sarlós, F Pakodi, I Szabó, Z Nemes, Z Péterfi, Á Vincze (2013) Role of colonoscopic decompression in the treatment of toxic megacolon secondary to clostridium difficile colitis. Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie (05). https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1347515
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