Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia in a cardiac surgical patient

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1210-1211

  Dalamangas, Labrini C ^a   Slaughter, Thomas F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHELATING AGENTS; CITRATES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EDETIC ACID; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0031840307     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199806000-00013     Document Type: Article

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