Emergency endometrial ablation for life-threatening uterine bleeding as a result of a coagulopathy

Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-303

  Milad, Magdy P ^a,b   Valle, Rafael F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ESTROGEN; FENTANYL; IRON; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MIDAZOLAM; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MESENTERIC ARTERY OCCLUSION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0031877205     PISSN: 10743804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-3804(98)80037-6     Document Type: Article

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