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Esophageal rupture, also
known as
Boerhaave syndrome, is a
rupture of the
esophageal wall.
Iatrogenic causes account for
approximately 56% of esophageal...
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Herman Boerhaave (Dutch: [ˈɦɛrmɑm ˈbuːrˌɦaːvə], 31
December 1668 – 23
September 1738) was a
Dutch chemist, botanist,
Christian humanist, and physician...
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Rijksmuseum Boerhaave is a
museum of the
history of
science and medicine,
based in Leiden, Netherlands. The
museum hosts a
collection of
historical scientific...
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research and
teaching started in the
early 18th
century in
Leiden with
Boerhaave.
Leiden is a city with a rich
cultural heritage, not only in science,...
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north of Leiden, that was the
former home of the
Dutch scientist Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738). He was a
Dutch humanist and
physician of
European fame. The...
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Herman Boerhaave,
although this
discovery is
often attributed to the
French chemist Hilaire Rouelle as well as
William Cruickshank.
Boerhaave used the...
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Boerhaave syndrome – Full
thickness esophageal ruptures are also
often secondary to vomiting/retching. It is
important to
differentiate Boerhaave syndrome...
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corrosive substances, or
rupture of
veins such as
oesophageal varices,
Boerhaave syndrome or Mallory-Weiss tears.
Chronic diseases might include congenital...
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University of Sydney: 80.
Gerrit A.
Lindeboom (1974).
Boerhaave and
Great Britain:
Three Lectures on
Boerhaave with
Particular Reference to His
Relations with...
- of peritonitis.
Examples include perforation of the
distal esophagus (
Boerhaave syndrome), of the
stomach (peptic ulcer,
gastric carcinoma), of the duodenum...
