Post splenectomy related pulmonary hypertension

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World Journal of Respirology

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World J Respirol. Jul 28, 2015; 5(2): 69-77
Published online Jul 28, 2015. doi: 10.5320/wjr.v5.i2.69

Table 1 Medical complications after splenectomy

Early

Lower lobe collapse of left lung

Left pleural effusion

Pneumonia

Venous thromboembolism

Subphrenic abscess

Delayed

Overwhelming infections: bacterial (Streptococcus pneumoniae, Hemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus group B, Salmonella species, Escherichia coli and other coliforms, Capnocytophaga canimorsus and rarely Pseudomonas aeruginosa), parasitic (Babesiosis Plasmodium species, Ehrlichiosis)

Venous thromboembolism

Pulmonary hypertension

Graft vs host disease[61]

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Citation: Palkar AV, Agrawal A, Verma S, Iftikhar A, Miller EJ, Talwar A. Post splenectomy related pulmonary hypertension. World J Respirol 2015; 5(2): 69-77
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5320/wjr.v5.i2.69

Palkar AV, Agrawal A, Verma S, Iftikhar A, Miller EJ, Talwar A. Post splenectomy related pulmonary hypertension. World J Respirol 2015; 5(2): 69-77 [PMID: 26949600 DOI: 10.5320/wjr.v5.i2.69]

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