Severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia treated by paralysis, induced hypothermia, and splenic embolization

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 678-681

  Campbell, Ronna ^a   Marik, Paul E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Hypothermia; Liver transplantation; Splenic embolization; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CELL DESTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LABORATORY TEST; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLENECTOMY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 13644249997     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.2.678     Document Type: Article

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