title: Use of a quantitative platelet function test to guide epidural catheter removal in a patient who inadvertently received clopidogrel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Adam C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Asokumar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buvanendran
mesh_terms: D015360:Analgesia, Epidural / Q000295:instrumentation; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D057785:Catheters; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors; D008875:Middle Aged; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010979:Platelet Function Tests / Q000379:methods*; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine