Delayed spinal epidural hematoma after epidural catheter removal with reinitiation of warfarin

Jingping Wang; Mary E Lau; Padma Gulur

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2013.05.023

Delayed spinal epidural hematoma after epidural catheter removal with reinitiation of warfarin

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2014 Dec;28(6):1566-9. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.05.023. Epub 2013 Sep 25.

Authors

Jingping Wang¹, Mary E Lau¹, Padma Gulur²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
² Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: pgulur@partners.org.

PMID: 24075636
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.05.023

No abstract available

Keywords: cathater removal; delayed hematoma; epidural analgesia; epidural hematoma; lumbar epidural; spinal epidural hematoma; thoracic epidural; warfarin.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Anesthesia, Epidural / adverse effects*
Anesthesia, Epidural / instrumentation
Anesthesia, Epidural / methods
Anticoagulants*
Epidural Space / pathology
Female
Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal / complications
Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal / diagnosis*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Paresthesia / complications
Warfarin*

Substances

Anticoagulants
Warfarin