Intensive Care Medicine

, Volume 27, Issue 1, pp 330–330 | Cite as

Belching and the development of Boerhaave’s syndrome

  • Peter E. Spronk
  • Albert Beishuizen
  • Ben van der Hoven
Correspondence

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Peter E. Spronk
    • 1
  • Albert Beishuizen
    • 2
  • Ben van der Hoven
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Intensive Care Medicine‘Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis’AmsterdamThe Netherlands
  2. 2.Department of Intensive Care, Division of Internal MedicineAcademic Hospital “Vrije Universiteit„AmsterdamThe Netherlands

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