Allergic reactions to enoxaparin and heparin: A case report and review of the literature

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1204, 2004, Pages

  Tiu, Albert ^a,b   Pang, Jia Min ^a   Martin, Richard ^a   Officer, Neil ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; RESUSCITATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ERUPTION;

AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULANTS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 16644402058     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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