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Hemorrhagic stress ulceration in a case of appendicitis.

Agarwal HS, Churchwell KB, Pietsch JB, Little CA

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-9075, USA. hemant.agarwal@vanderbilt.edu

Hemorrhage from stress ulceration in acutely ill children is seen in association with acute respiratory failure, coagulopathy and Pediatric Risk of Mortality Score of 10 or higher. We report an unusual association of clinically significant hemorrhagic stress ulcer with appendicitis in a pediatric patient.

Published 25 July 2006 in J Pediatr Surg, 41(8): 1483-5.
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