Boerhaave syndrome
(boor′hav″ĕ)
[Hermann Boerhaave, Dutch physician, 1668-1738]
Rupture of the esophagus associated with violent retching or vomiting.
SEE: effort rupture of the esophagus
SEE: Mallory-Weiss syndrome
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Boerhaave Syndrome." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756529/all/Boerhaave_syndrome.
Boerhaave syndrome. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756529/all/Boerhaave_syndrome. Accessed December 18, 2024.
Boerhaave syndrome. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756529/all/Boerhaave_syndrome
Boerhaave Syndrome [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 18]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756529/all/Boerhaave_syndrome.
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