When acquired thrombophilia mattered
| Autor: | A B Zaitoun, John S. Hammond, Lucina M. Jackson, B J Rowlands, Guruprasad P. Aithal |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Letter medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Gastroenterology Peritonitis medicine.disease Epigastric pain Neutrophilia Surgery Sepsis Laparotomy Anesthesia Abdominal examination Medicine Acute pancreatitis medicine.symptom business Liver function tests |
| Popis: | A 52 year old previously healthy Afro-Caribbean woman was admitted as an emergency with a 12 hour history of epigastric pain. She was a non-smoker, denied alcohol use, and had no significant comorbidity. Heart rate, respiratory rate, and temperature were normal at presentation. Abdominal examination revealed mild epigastric tenderness with guarding. Baseline investigations (full blood count, clotting, urea and electrolytes, and liver function tests) were within normal limits, except for a raised white cell count (12.1 (normal range 4–11)×109/l (neutrophilia)) and a raised amylase level (2409 (normal |
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