Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura following transurethral resection of the prostate

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1018-1021

  Benington, S R ^a   McKillop, A ^a   Macartney, I ^a   Burns, S ^b  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; CYCLIZINE; FERRITIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IBUPROFEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OMEPRAZOLE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

AGED; ANEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 68149169636     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.05982.x     Document Type: Article

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