Acute adrenal failure following anticoagulation with dabigatran after hip replacement and thrombolysis for massive pulmonary embolism

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Best, Martin ^a   Palmer, Kate ^a   Jones, Quentin Christopher ^a   Wathen, Christopher G ^a  

^a WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; D DIMER; DABIGATRAN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UREA; WARFARIN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84872734950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007334     Document Type: Article

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