Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome Complicating the Treatment of a Femoral Shaft Fracture in an Adult

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 789-792

  Chen, Chin En ^a   Ko, Jih Yang ^a   Wang, Ching Jen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HEMANGIOMA; HEPARINIZATION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0036236124     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200204000-00035     Document Type: Article

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