Anesthetic Management Using Epidural Analgesia for Emergency Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Patient with Lupus Anticoagulant Positivity and Prolonged Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time

Lupus anticoagulant (LA), an antiphospholipid antibody, prolongs in vitro activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) despite the presence of a hypercoagulable state in vivo. Irrespective of whether they receive antithrombotic therapy, meticulous anesthetic management is imperative in patients with...

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Main Authors: Yasuhiro Watanabe, Toru Kaneda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/6310630
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