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Two liters of blood removed from a woman’s abdomen
Updated On: 16 July, 2024 11:18 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai-based doctors successfully removed over two liters of blood from a woman’s abdomen despite the odds. Here is what happened
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Mumbai-based housewife Rabia Khan (name anynonymised at request) arrived at Lilavati casualty with difficulty in breathing and giddiness and abdominal pain. On arrival, her pulse was recorded at 130 b / min. BP was 80/60 mm.
Upon abdominal examination, there was massive bruising of the anterior abdominal wall suggesting haemorrhage in the wall. Also, all signs of free fluid in the abdomen were positive. Her abdominal USG revealed more than 2 litres of free fluid in her abdomen and a right-sided ovarian mass almost 5cm by 6cm. Her blood investigation revealed a Hb of 5g/dl. Her INR was 10 and her PTT was not recordable. All the coagulation profiles were deranged. Basically, the patient was in DIC and hemorrhagic shock.
Elaborating on her case, Dr Rekha Agrawal, senior honorary consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology, Lilavati Hospital, Bandra, Mumbai informs how the patient had experienced massive intra-abdominal bleeding. “Khan had undergone an aortic valve replacement surgery 4 years ago where she was recommended an anticoagulant medication regimen. The patient however failed to monitor her INR (international normalised ratio) regularly which resulted in her condition.”
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