Abstract
The data obtained on 19 children aged 3 months to 14 years with urgent abdominal inflammation (gangrenous appendicitis, perforative Meckel's diverticulum, intestinal obstruction complicated by peritonitis) support suggestion about underlying endotoxin aggression in pathogenesis of disseminated intravascular coagulation.
MeSH terms
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Abdomen / surgery*
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Adolescent
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Appendicitis / complications
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Appendicitis / surgery
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / etiology*
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / pathology
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Endotoxemia / etiology
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Endotoxemia / pathology
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Endotoxins / blood*
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Humans
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Infant
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Inflammation / etiology
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Inflammation / pathology*
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Inflammation / surgery
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Intestinal Obstruction / complications
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Intestinal Obstruction / surgery
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Peritonitis / complications
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Peritonitis / surgery