Weaver Amanda, Weintraub Russell, Smith Brian
Amanda Weaver was a student in the PA program at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Myers, Fla., when this article was written. She now practices orthopedic surgery at ProHealth Select in Boca Raton, Fla. At Physicians Regional Medical Center in Naples, Fla., Russell Weintraub practices in the Department of Medicine and Brian Smith practices in the Department of Surgery. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
JAAPA. 2019 Feb;32(2):27-29. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000550284.27345.5e.
Emphysematous gastritis is a rare disease caused by gas-forming organisms. This article describes how a CT scan and aggressive IV drug therapy helped clinicians beat the odds for a patient with this high-mortality disease.
气肿性胃炎是一种由产气微生物引起的罕见疾病。本文描述了CT扫描和积极的静脉药物治疗如何帮助临床医生战胜了一位患有这种高死亡率疾病的患者面临的困难。
