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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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Autor principal: Börekci, Elif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Makerere Medical School 2019
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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.
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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
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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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