Profound hemorrhage in a patient taking herbal products

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 346-347

  Rivera, José O ^a,b,c,d   González Stuart, Armando ^a   McLean, Susan ^c   Tyroch, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HEMOGLOBIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; TE GASTRONOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLEEDING; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTRITIS; HEMATOMA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; MALE; TEA; VITAL SIGN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 65549130081     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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