Acute mechanical obstruction of the small intestine

West, John P.; Schetlin, Charles F.

doi:10.1016/0002-9610(50)90233-9

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“…Fortunately, the mortality from this acute condition of the small bowel has continued to fall as a result of the use of intestinal decompression tubes, antibiotics, more knowledge of the control of fluid and electrolytes, and the availability of blood for transfusion (2). The mortality rate in the past ten years has been between 8 and 16 per cent compared to the mortality rate of 60 per cent reported by Scudder forty‐six years ago (3, 4, 5).…”

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