Fatal massive adrenal hemorrhage after bilateral total knee arthroplasty

The Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 559-562

  Ries, Michael D ^a   Guiney Jr , William ^a   Lynch, Franklin ^a  

^a BASSETT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenal hemorrhage; anticoagulation therapy; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; CASE REPORT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0027948559     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0883-5403(94)90106-6     Document Type: Article

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