Massive blood loss during tonsillectomy in a child with congenital venous malformation

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-246

  Foley, Peter J ^a   Beste, David J ^a   Farber, Neil E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

massive haemorrhage: coagulopathy; tonsillectomy; venous malformation

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSILLECTOMY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 0030910217     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1997.d01-67.x     Document Type: Article

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