Dabigatran overdose secondary to acute kidney injury and amiodarone use

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1370, 2013, Pages

  Fountzilas, Christos ^a   George, Jerry ^a   Levine, Randy ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CARVEDILOL; CREATININE; D DIMER; DABIGATRAN; FIBRINOGEN; FUROSEMIDE; SIMVASTATIN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BETA ALANINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOW DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA; THROMBIN TIME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; DRUG OVERDOSE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTITHROMBINS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BETA-ALANINE; CREATININE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; THROMBIN TIME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874601771     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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