An uncommon cause of postoperative bleeding

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-233

  Berlot, Giorgio ^a   Tartamella, Fabiana ^a   Bussani, Rossana ^b   Vassallo, Michele C ^a   Gerebizza, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Heparin lyase; heparinoids; paraneoplastic syndromes; postoperative hemorrhage; thromboelastography

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN LYASE; HEPARINOID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CASE REPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; HEPARIN LYASE; HEPARINOIDS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955050636     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e328343f8d7     Document Type: Article

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