Atraumatic splenic rupture associated with apixaban
| Autor: | Niranjan Tachamo, Sijan Basnet, Rashmi Dhital, Ajay Koirala, Elan Mohanty, Izza Mir |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
lcsh:R5-920 business.industry Case Report General Medicine Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Upper abdominal pain Hemorrhagic shock medicine Oral anticoagulant Apixaban atraumatic 030212 general & internal medicine Hemoperitoneum medicine.symptom business lcsh:Medicine (General) 030217 neurology & neurosurgery medicine.drug splenic rupture |
| Zdroj: | SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, Vol 7 (2019) SAGE Open Medical Case Reports |
| Popis: | Apixaban is a direct oral anticoagulant that works by inhibiting factor Xa. It has been associated with adverse bleeding outcomes including atraumatic splenic rupture. We present the case of an 86-year-old man who presented with features of left upper abdominal pain and hemorrhagic shock found to have atraumatic splenic rupture and hemoperitoneum on imaging. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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