Perioperative hypercoagulability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Sonoclot study

J Anesth. 2004;18(1):62-4. doi: 10.1007/s00540-003-0206-4.

Authors

Yukiko Mukubo¹, Miwako Kawamata

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Daini Hospital, 2-1-10 Nishiogu, Arakawa-ku, 116-0876, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 14991481
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-003-0206-4

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / blood*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / surgery
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee* / adverse effects
Blood Coagulation Tests*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
Risk Factors
Thrombophilia / complications
Thrombophilia / diagnosis*
Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis
Venous Thrombosis / etiology