Hepatic injuries after efficacious external cardiac massage: A latrogenous complication not to be overlooked;Lesions hepatiques apres massage cardiaque externe efficace -Une complication iatrogene a ne pas negliger

Swiss Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 225-227

  Froment, Ph ^a   Savioz, D ^a,b   Robertson, M ^a   Morel, Ph ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complications; External cardiac massage; Hepatic lacerations; Thrombolytics

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART MASSAGE; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; INJURY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

CONTUSIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART MASSAGE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031664849     PISSN: 10239332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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