Table 1 Questions and MeSH terms
From: 2017 WSES guidelines on colon and rectal cancer emergencies: obstruction and perforation
Questions | Key words |
|---|---|
Diagnosis | diagnosis, cancer, neoplasm, colon, rectum, bowel, perforation, obstruction, physical examination, radiology, laboratory, abdominal ultrasound, CT scan, colonic enema |
Perforation | perforation, cancer, neoplasm, colon, rectum, bowel, tumour perforation, diastatic perforation, faecal peritonitis, treatment, surgery, acute care surgery |
Obstruction left | obstruction, left colon, rectum, cancer, neoplasm, surgery, acute care surgery, stent, SEMS, Hartmann’s procedure, colostomy, resection, anastomosis, tube decompression |
Obstruction right | obstruction, right colon, rectum, neoplasm, surgery, acute care surgery, stent, SEMS, loop ileostomy, intestinal bypass, resection, anastomosis, tube decompression |
Unstable patients | unstable patient, haemodynamic instability, critically ill patient, sepsis, peritonitis, obstruction, cancer, neoplasm, colon, rectum, surgery, acute care surgery, damage control, open abdomen. |
Antibiotics | antibiotics, therapy, prophylaxis, colon, rectum, perforation, obstruction, unstable patient, haemodynamic instability, critically ill patient obstruction, bowel, sepsis, peritonitis, surgery, acute care surgery. |