Pulmonary embolism in anticoagulated burn patient: A case report

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) represents a continuous threat to burn patients. While many thromboprophylaxis regimens exist, the best prevention protocol remains indefinable. We report a case of a burn patient who developed pulmonary embolism despite receiving VTE prophylaxis.

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Autores principales: AlHarbi, Mohamed, AlKouny, Amr, Ahmed, Ayaz, Hazazi, Borhan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8477780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34658735
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.sja_131_21
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author AlHarbi, Mohamed
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spelling pubmed-84777802021-10-15 Pulmonary embolism in anticoagulated burn patient: A case report AlHarbi, Mohamed AlKouny, Amr Ahmed, Ayaz Hazazi, Borhan Saudi J Anaesth Case Report Venous thromboembolism (VTE) represents a continuous threat to burn patients. While many thromboprophylaxis regimens exist, the best prevention protocol remains indefinable. We report a case of a burn patient who developed pulmonary embolism despite receiving VTE prophylaxis. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8477780/ /pubmed/34658735 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.sja_131_21 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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AlHarbi, Mohamed
AlKouny, Amr
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Hazazi, Borhan
Pulmonary embolism in anticoagulated burn patient: A case report
title Pulmonary embolism in anticoagulated burn patient: A case report
title_full Pulmonary embolism in anticoagulated burn patient: A case report
title_fullStr Pulmonary embolism in anticoagulated burn patient: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary embolism in anticoagulated burn patient: A case report
title_short Pulmonary embolism in anticoagulated burn patient: A case report
title_sort pulmonary embolism in anticoagulated burn patient: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8477780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34658735
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.sja_131_21
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