Acute abdominal pain during an Antarctic cruise — a case report
A 21-year-old female crew member experienced a number of medical conditions during a summer cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula. At one point symptoms and signs strongly suggested acute appendicitis. She was monitored and treated conservatively on board and recovered uneventfully without surgery. Late...
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ftviamedicaojs:oai:czasopisma.viamedica.pl:article/26146 2023-05-15T14:02:00+02:00 Acute abdominal pain during an Antarctic cruise — a case report Dahl, Eilif 2012-09-03 application/pdf https://journals.viamedica.pl/international_maritime_health/article/view/26146 Via Medica Completion of the online submission form electronically is tantamount to automatically and free-of-charge transferring of the copyright for publishing and distribution of the submitted material (in all known now and developed in the future forms and fields of exploitation) to the Owner, i.e. International Maritime Health Foundation, under condition that those materials are accepted for publication. The authors agree not to publish any data or figures presented in their work anywhere and in any language without the prior written consent of the owner of the copyrights, i.e. the Owner. Legal relations between the Publisher and the author(s) are in accordance with Polish law and with international conventions binding to Poland. The legal bases to acquiring the copyright are article 921 section copyright law and related law as well as the international conventions binding to Poland. International Maritime Health; Vol 63, No 2 (2012); 102-105 acute appendicitis; conservative treatment; cruise medicine; pre-employment medical examination 2012 ftviamedicaojs 2019-03-25T12:56:32Z A 21-year-old female crew member experienced a number of medical conditions during a summer cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula. At one point symptoms and signs strongly suggested acute appendicitis. She was monitored and treated conservatively on board and recovered uneventfully without surgery. Later she had a biliary colic attack and then an allergic reaction to the pain medication given. The pre-employment medical fitness certificate cannot always be trusted regarding previous history of allergies and medical conditions. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Via Medica Journals Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula |
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A 21-year-old female crew member experienced a number of medical conditions during a summer cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula. At one point symptoms and signs strongly suggested acute appendicitis. She was monitored and treated conservatively on board and recovered uneventfully without surgery. Later she had a biliary colic attack and then an allergic reaction to the pain medication given. The pre-employment medical fitness certificate cannot always be trusted regarding previous history of allergies and medical conditions. |
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Acute abdominal pain during an Antarctic cruise — a case report |
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Acute abdominal pain during an Antarctic cruise — a case report |
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Acute abdominal pain during an Antarctic cruise — a case report |
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Acute abdominal pain during an Antarctic cruise — a case report |
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Acute abdominal pain during an Antarctic cruise — a case report |
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acute abdominal pain during an antarctic cruise — a case report |
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International Maritime Health; Vol 63, No 2 (2012); 102-105 |
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Completion of the online submission form electronically is tantamount to automatically and free-of-charge transferring of the copyright for publishing and distribution of the submitted material (in all known now and developed in the future forms and fields of exploitation) to the Owner, i.e. International Maritime Health Foundation, under condition that those materials are accepted for publication. The authors agree not to publish any data or figures presented in their work anywhere and in any language without the prior written consent of the owner of the copyrights, i.e. the Owner. Legal relations between the Publisher and the author(s) are in accordance with Polish law and with international conventions binding to Poland. The legal bases to acquiring the copyright are article 921 section copyright law and related law as well as the international conventions binding to Poland. |
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