Aprotinin administration and pulmonary thromboembolism during orthotopic liver transplantation: Report of two cases

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1418-1421

  Fitzsimons, Michael G ^a   Peterfreund, Robert A ^a   Raines, Douglas E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; APROTININ; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PANCURONIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0035007311     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200106000-00012     Document Type: Article

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