1. Chicken noodle soup - comfort food?
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Mark J. Seamon
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Medical knowledge ,animal structures ,Health (social science) ,business.industry ,General surgery ,Jejunal wall ,medicine.disease ,Patient care ,Education ,medicine ,Food science ,Foreign body ,business ,Chicken bone ,Small bowel perforation - Abstract
This article describes a case of small bowel perforation following ingestion of homemade chicken noodle soup. The acute abdominal emergency was due to chicken bone perforating through the jejunal wall. Preoperative and intraoperative images are provided. The following core competencies are addressed in this article: Medical knowledge, Patient care. Republished with permission from: Seamon MJ. Chicken noodle soup – - Comfort food? OPUS 12 Scientist 2009;3(1):19.
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- 2017
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