The great deception: Tranexamic acid and extensive pulmonary emboli

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Salam, Amr ^a   King, Christopher ^a   Orhan, Orhan ^a   Mak, Vincent ^a  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; HEPARIN; OMEPRAZOLE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENORRHAGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874681395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007808     Document Type: Article

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