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Rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding due to rivaroxaban: a case report
Rivaroxaban is one of the new anti-coagulants that inhibit Factor Xa and rarely cause rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal haemorrhage which are uncommon, life-threatening complications. Here is a case of an elderly patient on rivaroxaban therapy for the stroke prevention in non-valvular atria...
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Makerere Medical School
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6794513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31656515 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v19i2.55 |
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description | Rivaroxaban is one of the new anti-coagulants that inhibit Factor Xa and rarely cause rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal haemorrhage which are uncommon, life-threatening complications. Here is a case of an elderly patient on rivaroxaban therapy for the stroke prevention in non-valvular atrial fibrillation who developed rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding. |
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spelling | pubmed-67945132019-10-25 Rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding due to rivaroxaban: a case report Börekci, Elif Afr Health Sci Articles Rivaroxaban is one of the new anti-coagulants that inhibit Factor Xa and rarely cause rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal haemorrhage which are uncommon, life-threatening complications. Here is a case of an elderly patient on rivaroxaban therapy for the stroke prevention in non-valvular atrial fibrillation who developed rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding. Makerere Medical School 2019-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6794513/ /pubmed/31656515 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v19i2.55 Text en © 2019 Börekci E. Licensee African Health Sciences. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Articles Börekci, Elif Rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding due to rivaroxaban: a case report |
title | Rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding due to rivaroxaban: a case report |
title_full | Rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding due to rivaroxaban: a case report |
title_fullStr | Rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding due to rivaroxaban: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding due to rivaroxaban: a case report |
title_short | Rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding due to rivaroxaban: a case report |
title_sort | rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding due to rivaroxaban: a case report |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6794513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31656515 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v19i2.55 |
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