Gastric Pneumatosis in a Critically Ill Pediatric Burn Patient: Case Report and Overview of Risk Factors, Diagnosis, and Management.

Authors :: Bisgaard E
Hewgley WP
Gee KM
Pandya S
Akarichi C
Arnoldo B
Park C
Source :: Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association [J Burn Care Res] 2021 Mar 04; Vol. 42 (2), pp. 342-344.
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: Pneumatosis intestinalis and gastric pneumatosis are rare, but potentially morbid conditions in the burn-injured patient. They present a pediatric patient with severe scald injuries and isolated gastric pneumatosis who was successfully treated with a multidisciplinary approach and nonoperative management.<br /> (© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Burn Association. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)

Subjects :: Child
Gastric Outlet Obstruction etiology
Humans
Treatment Outcome
Burns complications
Burns therapy
Critical Illness therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygenation methods
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis etiology
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis therapy

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1559-0488
Volume :: 42
Issue :: 2
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 32842147
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/iraa151

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