Postsplenectomy thrombocytosis and pseudohyperkalemia in trauma: A case report and review of literature

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Ahmed, Raees ^a   Isaac, Ann M ^a  

^a MAFRAQ HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTUBATION; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG CONTUSION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOHYPERKALEMIA; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ABDOMINAL INJURY; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INJURY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SPLEEN;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PLATELET COUNT; POTASSIUM; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; THORACIC INJURIES; THROMBOCYTOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350482958     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000238653.55029.cd     Document Type: Article

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