Spontaneous retroperitoneal and rectus muscle hemorrhage as a potentially lethal complication of cirrhosis

Liver International

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1291-1293

  Di Bisceglie, Adrian M ^a   Richart, John M ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Cirrhosis; Coagulopathy; Varices

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECCHYMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE BLEEDING; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH VARICES; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE;

EID: 33751001302     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2006.01368.x     Document Type: Article

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