Thrombocytopenia, low molecular weight heparin, and obstetric anesthesia

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-109

  Abramovitz, Sharon ^a   Beilin, Yaakov ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILDBIRTH; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOMA; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0037349343     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8537(02)00033-0     Document Type: Review

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