Elevated International Normalized Ratio after concurrent ingestion of cranberry sauce and warfarin

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 65, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2113-2116

  Mergenhagen, Kari A ^a   Sherman, Olga ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b James J Peters VAMC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Drug interactions; Geriatrics; International normalized ratio; Vaccinium macrocarpon; Warfarin sodium

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CRANBERRY JUICE; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 56749149749     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp080135     Document Type: Article

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