Disseminated intravascular coagulation following air embolism during orthotropic liver transplantation: is this just a coincidence?

BACKGROUND: During orthotopic liver transplantation, venous air embolism may occur due to iatrogenic injury of the inferior vena cava. However, venous air embolism followed by coagulopathy is a rare event. In this case report, we discuss a possible connection between venous air embolism and dissemin...

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Autores principales: Arstikyte, Karolina, Vitkute, Gintare, Traskaite-Juskeviciene, Vilma, Macas, Andrius
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8557023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34717530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-021-01476-6

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