Quinine induced coagulopathy - A near fatal experience

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 282-284

  Hawthorne, M ^a   Sim, R ^b   Acton, C H C ^a  

^a Royal Brisbane Hosptial   (Australia)

^b Tasmanian Dental Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway management; Drug induced coagulopathy; Inferior alveolar nerve block

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT; QUININE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MOUTH; MUSCLE CRAMP; NERVE BLOCK; ORAL BLEEDING; PATHOLOGY; SELF MEDICATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONGUE DISEASE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MOUTH FLOOR; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; NERVE BLOCK; ORAL HEMORRHAGE; QUININE; SELF MEDICATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 0034569277     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2000.tb00265.x     Document Type: Article

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