A retroperitoneal bleed induced by enoxaparin therapy

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 430-433

  Ernits, Martin ^a   Mohan, Pradeep S ^a,b   Fares II, Louis G ^a   Hardy III, Howard ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LEVOFLOXACIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PNEUMONIA; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; LAPAROTOMY; RETROPERITONEUM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 22344438914     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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