Epidural hematoma in an ambulatory surgical patient

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-77

  Porterfield, Wade R ^a   Wu, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, ambulatory; hematoma, epidural; heparin, low molecular weight

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTPATIENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031080951     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(96)00205-X     Document Type: Article

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