Epidural haematoma after removal of an epidural catheter in a patient receiving high-dose enoxaparin.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A patient developed an epidural haematoma 6 days after removal of an epidural catheter resulting in paraplegia and death. Insertion and removal of the epidural catheter during anticoagulation with prophylactic unfractionated heparin and subsequent administration of high-dose enoxaparin (Clexane), which commenced 3 days after catheter removal, were implicated.
Medical subject headings
- Analgesia, Epidural
- Anticoagulants
- Enoxaparin
- Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial