Bleeding in a patient receiving platelet aggregation inhibitors.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a patient who experienced intraoperative bleeding after being treated with platelet receptor glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist eptifibatide. We used Sonoclot and Thrombelastograph to monitor antiplatelet effects of eptifibatide.
Medical subject headings
- Hemorrhage
- Peptides
- Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
- Platelet Function Tests
- Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex