Hypercoagulable state due to alcohol-paracetamol syndrome producing acute limb ischemia

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 362-365

  Moulakakis, Konstantinos G ^a,b   Sfyroeras, Giorgos ^a   Pavlidis, Polivios ^a   Besias, Nikolaos ^a   Maras, Dimitrios ^a   Andrikopoulos, Vassilios ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen toxicity; Acquired deficiency; Alcohol paracetamol syndrome; Antithrombin III; Factor VIII; Protein C; Protein S

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ALCOHOL; ANTITHROMBIN III; ENOXAPARIN; FOLIC ACID; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PHYTOMENADIONE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL PARACETAMOL SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERIOTOMY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVASCULARIZATION; SYNDROME; THROMBECTOMY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ETHANOL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34547901023     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574407302731     Document Type: Article

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