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- Title
An audit of splenectomies in a teaching hospital in North India. Are postsplenectomy guidelines being complied with?
- Authors
Deodhar, M; Kakkar, N
- Abstract
Patients with an absent or dysfunctional spleen are at risk of infection by encapsulated and other bacteria. Overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI) causes most concern because it can result in significant mortality. A retrospective review of splenectomised patients in a tertiary care setting over an eight year period was carried out to determine whether current postsplenectomy guidelines were being followed.
- Publication
Journal of clinical pathology, 2004, Vol 57, Issue 4, p407
- ISSN
0021-9746
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/jcp.2003.013896