Radial artery mycotic pseudoaneursym in a haemophiliac: A potentially fatal complication of arterial catheterization

Haemophilia

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 721-724

  Harkin, D W ^a,b   Connolly, D ^a   Chandrasekar, R ^a   Anderson, M ^a   Blair, P H ^a   Hood, J M ^a   Barros D'Sa, A A B ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial catheterization; Haemophilia; Iatrogenic injury; Mycotic pseudoaneurysm; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 CONCENTRATE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXTUBATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FATALITY; FEVER; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOPHILIA A; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SKIN NECROSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036736263     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2516.2002.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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