Warfarin-induced calciphylaxis: A case report and review of literature

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 665-669

  Saifan, Chadi ^a   Saad, Marc ^a   El Charabaty, Elie ^a   El Sayegh, Suzanne ^a  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; ESRD; Skin necrosis; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; NITROGEN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; UREA; WARFARIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLISTER; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVOLEMIA; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEG EDEMA; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBID OBESITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SEPSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; WOUND CARE;

EID: 84881379472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S47397     Document Type: Article

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