Trombólise intra-arterial pulmonar no pós-operatório de clipagem de aneurisma cerebral: relato de caso

Autor: Fabrizio Rodrigues Assis, Viviane Cordeiro Veiga, Luis Enrique Amaya Campodonico, Ligia Maria Coscrato Junqueira, Júlio César de Carvalho, Sandra Patrícia Shimizu, Roberto Buesio, Elaine Aparecida Silva de Morais, Salomón Soriano Ordinola Rojas, Andréia Maria Marchesini, Carlos Vanderlei Holanda
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva. 20
ISSN: 0103-507X
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-507x2008000300016
Popis: Pulmonary thromboembolism is a major cause of morbidity and mortality of patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures. The purpose of this study was to present a case of intra-arterial pulmonary thrombolysis in recent neurosurgery postoperative period. Male patient, undergoing neurosurgery, presented as a complication on the seventh day of postoperative massive pulmonary embolism with hemodynamic instability and intraarterial pulmonary thrombolysis with alteplase was indicated. Evolution was satisfactory without bleeding complications and patient was discharged. Pulmonary thromboembolism is a high morbidity and mortality condition at neurosurgical postoperative period and thrombolysis should be an alternative therapy in cases refractory to clinical treatment.
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