Case 1-2007: A 40-year-old woman with epistaxis, hematemesis, and altered mental status

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-

  Laposata, Michael ^a,b   Van Cott, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Lev, Michael H ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYCOUMARIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BRODIFACOUM; BROMADIOLONE; CEFEPIME; DIFENACOUM; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; METRONIDAZOLE; PESTICIDE; VANCOMYCIN; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN; 4 HYDROXYCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BROMFENACOUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INTOXICATION; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; THROMBOSIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

4-HYDROXYCOUMARINS; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMANS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PESTICIDES; POISONING; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOSIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VITAMIN K; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33846157450     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc069032     Document Type: Article

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