Prophylaxis with enoxaparin can produce a giant abdominal wall haematoma when associated with low doses of aspirin among elderly patients suffering cough attacks

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-219

  Macías Robles, María Dolores ^a   García Peliz, Manuel ^a   Gonzalez Ordonez, Angel José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN AGUSTÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetyl salicylic acid; Acute abdomen; Ageing; Antithrombotic drugs; Bleeding; Bronchial; Coronary artery disease; Low molecular weight heparin; Rectus muscle sheath haematoma; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 17444429591     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mbc.0000164433.43911.4f     Document Type: Article

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