Fatal acute pulmonary embolism in a patient with pelvic lipomatosis after surgery performed after transatlantic airplane travel

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1032-1034

  Gajic, Ognjen ^a   Sprung, Juraj ^a,b   Hall, Brian A ^b   Lightner, Deborah J ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FATALITY; HUMAN; LIPOMATOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AVIATION; EDEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 4644350255     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000131725.40714.9F     Document Type: Article

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