Iatrogenic Splenic Laceration Presenting as Syncope

Millions of colonoscopies are performed annually for routine health maintenance in the United States. Patients commonly have adverse events from colonoscopy preparation, anesthesia, and procedural complications. We report a case of syncope secondary to iatrogenic splenic laceration from colonoscopy.

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Autores principales: Thiyagarajan, Dhanalakshmi, Jeanmonod, Rebecca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6008614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29974002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7639527
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spelling pubmed-60086142018-07-04 Iatrogenic Splenic Laceration Presenting as Syncope Thiyagarajan, Dhanalakshmi Jeanmonod, Rebecca Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report Millions of colonoscopies are performed annually for routine health maintenance in the United States. Patients commonly have adverse events from colonoscopy preparation, anesthesia, and procedural complications. We report a case of syncope secondary to iatrogenic splenic laceration from colonoscopy. Hindawi 2018-06-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6008614/ /pubmed/29974002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7639527 Text en Copyright © 2018 Dhanalakshmi Thiyagarajan and Rebecca Jeanmonod. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Iatrogenic Splenic Laceration Presenting as Syncope
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