Postoperative changes in prothrombin time following hepatic resection: Implications for perioperative analgesia

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 438-443

  Weinberg, L ^a   Scurrah, N ^a   Gunning, K ^b   McNicol, L ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidural; Hepatic resection; Prothrombin time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33747025300     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0603400405     Document Type: Article

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