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Department of Internal Medicine, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Biography

Doctor Galia Pollock works in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada is a well-known researcher in the field of Public Health. One of his renowned works is Recurrent Spontaneous Jejunal Hematomas Resulting in Bowel Obstruction.

Publications

• Case Report   
  Recurrent Spontaneous Jejunal Hematomas Resulting in Bowel Obstruction
  Author(s): Galia Pollock*, Amiya Chakraborty and Christopher J Parr
  
  Spontaneous intramural small bowel hematomas are rare complications of anticoagulation therapy. We present a case of a 71-year-old male presenting to hospital twice with supratherapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) and bowel obstruction, resulting in the diagnosis of recurrent intramural small bowel hematoma. This case illustrates the importance of stringent INR monitoring in those anticoagulated with warfarin and also demonstrates the importance of remaining clinically suspicious for this complication in patients who present with abdominal pain or intestinal obstruction symptoms in the setting of a supratherapeutic INR... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2165-8048.19.9.306

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