1. Fatality following a sternal bone marrow aspiration procedure: A case report

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-172

  Bhootra, B L ^a,b  

^a Department of Health ^*  (South Africa)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FATALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INJURY; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PUNCTURE; STERNUM; THICKNESS; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PUNCTURES; STERNUM;

EID: 2942631061     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.44.2.170     Document Type: Article

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