Management of intentional superwarfarin poisoning with long-term vitamin K and brodifacoum levels

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 385-390

  Gunja, Naren ^a,b,c   Coggins, Andrew ^b,c   Bidny, Sergei ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Division of Analytical Laboratories   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brodifacoum; Deliberate self harm; Poisoning; Rodenticides; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

BRODIFACOUM; NORTRIPTYLINE; OLANZAPINE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTOXICATION; MALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

4-HYDROXYCOUMARINS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RODENTICIDES; SUICIDE; VITAMIN K;

EID: 79960280258     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2011.587126     Document Type: Article

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