Leech bites: massive bleeding, coagulation profile disorders, and severe anemia

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1067.e3-1067.e6

  Kose, Ataman ^a   Zengin, Suat ^b   Kose, Beril ^b   Gunay, Nurullah ^b   Yildirim, Cuma ^b   Kilinc, Hasan ^b   Togun, Ismail ^b  

^a Twenty Five December State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AMPISID; CIPROFLOXACIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; POVIDONE IODINE; TETANUS TOXOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BITE WOUND; BLEEDING; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CASE REPORT; CRYOTHERAPY; ECCHYMOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEECHING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TETANUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 54349128046     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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