Treatment of pulmonary embolism during cesarean section with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator

Anesthesiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1027-1028

  Nishimura, Kenji ^a   Kawaguchi, Masahiko ^b   Shimokawa, Mitsuru ^b   Kitaguchi, Katsuyasu ^b   Furuya, Hitoshi ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complication of thrombolysis; Obstetric anesthesia; Pulmonary embolism thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALTEPLASE; DOPAMINE; EPHEDRINE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0031658334     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199810000-00030     Document Type: Article

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