Spontaneous haematoma of the pharynx due to a rare drug interaction

Hippokratia

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-177

  Triaridis, S ^a,b   Tsiropoulos, G ^a   Rachovitsas, D ^a   Psillas, G ^a   Vital, V ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acenocoumarol; Anticoagulants; Clindamycin; Drug interaction; Dysphagia; Haematoma; Larynx; Pharynx

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; CLINDAMYCIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ECCHYMOSIS; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LARYNX; LINGUAL TONSILLITIS; NASOPHARYNX; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHARYNX; PHARYNX HEMORRHAGE; SOFT PALATE; SORE THROAT; TONGUE; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 68049117227     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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