Use of a quantitative platelet function test to guide epidural catheter removal in a patient who inadvertently received clopidogrel

Pain Med. 2015 May;16(5):1029-30. doi: 10.1111/pme.12689. Epub 2015 Jan 13.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Analgesia, Epidural / instrumentation
  • Anesthesia, Epidural / instrumentation*
  • Catheterization / methods
  • Catheters
  • Clopidogrel
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medication Errors*
  • Middle Aged
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Platelet Function Tests / methods*
  • Ticlopidine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Ticlopidine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
  • Clopidogrel
  • Ticlopidine