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ArticleCureus2023

Uncontrolled Arterial Bleeding in a Patient With Massive Right Calf Hematoma: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature.

Yesenia Brito, Bruce W Wilson, Zaid Takieldin, Elizabeth Edah, Frederick Tiesenga

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Yesenia BritoSurgery, Saint George's University School of Medicine, True Blue, GRD.
Bruce W WilsonSurgery, Saint George's University School of Medicine, True Blue, GRD.
Zaid TakieldinPsychiatry, Saint George's University School of Medicine, Irvine, USA.
Elizabeth EdahMedicine, All Saints University School of Medicine, Roseau, DMA.
Frederick TiesengaGeneral Surgery, West Suburban Medical Center, Chicago, USA.
St. George's University · GD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A hematoma is a collection of pooled blood that can be confined to a space under the skin, tissue, or organ. It occurs due to injury to the vasculature arising from trauma, previous surgeries, or vascular defects. Anticoagulants can remarkably increase a patient's risk for hematoma formation. Most hematomas will resolve spontaneously over time, but there are certain instances where surgical intervention becomes necessary. We present a case of a 71-year-old female on anticoagulants who presented to the emergency department (ED) with an expanding hematoma on her right leg after a fall and had to undergo an emergency surgical evacuation. The etiology, appropriate management, and complications of hematomas will also be covered in this paper.

Indexed as

anticoagulantsarterial bleedingblood disorderblood thinnerearly debridementexpanding hematomatiming of debridement

Identifiers

PMID38292956
PMCPMC10827298
OpenAlexW4390462738

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