Rectus sheath haematoma associated with low molecular weight heparin: A case series

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-312

  Donaldson, J ^a   Knowles, C H ^a   Clark, Sue K ^a,c   Renfrew, I ^a   Lobo, M D ^b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low molecular weight heparin; Rectus sheath haematoma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; FLECAINIDE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE SULFATE; TINZAPARIN; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34147186350     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X179152     Document Type: Article

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