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Abstract
Following a routine hybrid total hip arthroplasty in an eighty-two year-old female, profuse bleeding occurred through the suction drain immediately postoperatively. The patient was found to have acute disseminated intravascular coagulation. Despite early recognition and treatment the patient died fourteen days later.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9234974 PMCID: PMC2378117
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Iowa Orthop J ISSN: 1541-5457