Uvula hematoma: An unusual complication of streptokinase

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-308

  Gill, Pardeep ^a   Sadler, Paul ^a,b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL HASLAR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FUROSEMIDE; STREPTOKINASE;

AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALATE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AGED; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STREPTOKINASE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; UVULA;

EID: 0032795233     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199908000-00010     Document Type: Article

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