Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage in a total knee patient associated with enoxaparin usage

Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication of chemoprophylaxis. We report a patient who underwent a total knee arthroplasty and subsequently developed bilateral adrenal hemorrhage from enoxaparin. Once the patient was diagnosed with acute adrenal insufficiency,...

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Autores principales: Park, Kwan Jun, Bushmiaer, Marty, Barnes, C. Lowry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4956683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28326373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2015.02.001
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description Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication of chemoprophylaxis. We report a patient who underwent a total knee arthroplasty and subsequently developed bilateral adrenal hemorrhage from enoxaparin. Once the patient was diagnosed with acute adrenal insufficiency, corticosteroids were promptly started, and the patient made a dramatic recovery and did not suffer further complications.
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spelling pubmed-49566832017-03-21 Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage in a total knee patient associated with enoxaparin usage Park, Kwan Jun Bushmiaer, Marty Barnes, C. Lowry Arthroplasty Today Case Report Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication of chemoprophylaxis. We report a patient who underwent a total knee arthroplasty and subsequently developed bilateral adrenal hemorrhage from enoxaparin. Once the patient was diagnosed with acute adrenal insufficiency, corticosteroids were promptly started, and the patient made a dramatic recovery and did not suffer further complications. Elsevier 2015-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4956683/ /pubmed/28326373 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2015.02.001 Text en Copyright © 2015 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4956683/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2015.02.001
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