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Death associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation after hip replacement
1Shackleton Department of Anaesthetics, Southampton General Hospital.
British Journal of Anaesthesia
|October 15, 1998
Abstract:
Sudden-onset disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) occurred 3 h after uneventful polymethacrylate bone cement insertion for a revision left Charnley hip replacement. Profuse bleeding caused a hypovolaemic state aggravating existing myocardial ischaemia; as a result death occurred secondary to myocardial infarction 6 h after operation.