Open AccessPredictors of Mortality After Colectomy for Fulminant Clostridium difficile Colitis
Author(s) -
John C. Byrn
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.2007.46
Subject(s) - medicine , colectomy , pseudomembranous colitis , clostridium difficile , odds ratio , univariate analysis , gastroenterology , surgery , multivariate analysis , ulcerative colitis , disease , antibiotics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
To present, to our knowledge, the largest experience with colectomy for fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis and to propose factors significant in predicting mortality.
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