Multiple intracerebral hemorrhages in an elderly patient after adding quetiapine to a stable warfarin regimen

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 302.e1-302.e2

  Yang, Fei Wen ^a   Liang, Chih Sung ^a  

^a Beitou Armed Forces Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Drug drug interaction; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Quetiapine; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; DONEPEZIL; LACIDIPINE; QUETIAPINE; WARFARIN;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN REGION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIZZINESS; DRUG POTENTIATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JEALOUS DELUSION; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SENILE DEMENTIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 79956068341     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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