A suspicious case of epidural hematoma due to coagulopathy caused by vitamin K deficiency associated with antibiotics

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-185

  Hirata, Naoyuki ^a   Kanaya, Noriaki ^a   Shimizu, Hitoshi ^b   Watanabe, Masanori ^b   Namiki, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Obihiro Kyokai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics with an NMTT side chain; Epidural hematoma; Vitamin K deficiency

Indexed keywords

CEPHEM; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; MENATETRENONE; PROTHROMBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARALYSIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN DEFICIENCY; REHABILITATION CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CARBAPENEMS; GASTRECTOMY; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; ILEUS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PLASMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TETRAZOLES; VITAMIN K 2; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33847050535     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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