Pulmonary embolism after plastic surgery tourism [4]

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 340-

  Handschin, Alexander Edmund ^a   Banic, Andrej ^a   Constantinescu, Mihai Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EMBOLISM; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REOPERATION; SEROMA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SEROMA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRAVEL;

EID: 34347259224     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029607302580     Document Type: Letter

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