Spontaneous splenic rupture due to subcutaneous heparin therapy

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 421-426

  Weiss, Steven J ^a   Smith, Timothy ^a   Laurin, Erik ^a   Wisner, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Spleen; Splenic rupture

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ASCITES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONITIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0034015509     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(00)00157-8     Document Type: Article

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