Spinal epidural hematoma following a thoracic epidural in a child with sickle cell disease

Acute liver dysfunction in the perioperative period may increase the risk of epidural hematoma in a patient with a neuraxial catheter. Coagulation testing needs to be carefully monitored in these patients. An epidural hematoma should be ruled out urgently by CT or MRI in cases of a persistent motor...

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Autores principales: Sathyamoorthy, Madhankumar, Walker, Benjamin, Rhodes, Melissa M., Eriator, Ike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5494399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1016
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Sumario:Acute liver dysfunction in the perioperative period may increase the risk of epidural hematoma in a patient with a neuraxial catheter. Coagulation testing needs to be carefully monitored in these patients. An epidural hematoma should be ruled out urgently by CT or MRI in cases of a persistent motor block.

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