Open AccessPredictive factors of management outcome in adult patients with mechanical intestinal obstruction
Author(s) -
Adebambo Olalekan Bankole,
Adedapo Olumide Osinowo,
Adedoyin Adekunle Adesanya
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_143_17
Subject(s) - medicine , american society of anesthesiologists , creatinine , univariate analysis , surgery , emergency department , prospective cohort study , resuscitation , complication , multivariate analysis , blood urea nitrogen , psychiatry
Mechanical intestinal obstruction (MIO) is a common and potentially fatal surgical emergency, which constitutes about 20% of all admissions to the surgical emergency departments.