Key result
Heparin administration for deep vein thrombosis in a hemodialysis patient with uremia resulted in hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade and life-threatening hyperkalemia.
Population
40-year-old male patient with uremia on chronic hemodialysis and deep vein thrombosis in the left lower…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
10 days
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to rare tamponade risk with heparin in uremic hemodialysis; case report leaves open incidence and causality.
Case Report (n=1)
Heparin therapy in hemodialysis patients can rarely lead to severe complications such as cardiac tamponade and life-threatening hyperkalemia.
Su et al. (2005) conducted a case report in Uremia and deep vein thrombosis (n=1). Heparin was evaluated on Hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade and life-threatening hyperkalemia. Heparin administration for deep vein thrombosis in a hemodialysis patient with uremia resulted in hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade and life-threatening hyperkalemia.
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