Risk factors and management of deep venous thrombosis in children following post-surgical hypopituitarism in craniopharyngioma

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jul 15;57(1):175-7. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22937. Epub 2011 Feb 10.

Authors

Shanmuganathan Chandrakasan¹, Sandeep Sood, Steven Ham, Kathleen Moltz, Mary Jane Frey, Madhvi Rajpurkar

Affiliation

¹ Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

PMID: 21557464
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22937

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MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child, Preschool
Craniopharyngioma / blood
Craniopharyngioma / surgery*
Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / administration & dosage
Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / adverse effects
Estrogens / therapeutic use
Female
Hemostatics / administration & dosage
Hemostatics / adverse effects
Hormone Replacement Therapy / methods
Humans
Hypopituitarism / blood
Hypopituitarism / etiology*
Hypopituitarism / therapy
Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
Postoperative Complications*
Progesterone / therapeutic use
Risk Factors
Thrombophilia
Venous Thrombosis / blood
Venous Thrombosis / etiology*
Venous Thrombosis / therapy
von Willebrand Factor / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

Estrogens
Hemostatics
von Willebrand Factor
Progesterone
Deamino Arginine Vasopressin

Supplementary concepts

Thrombophilia, hereditary