Warfarin Overdose: A 25-Year Experience

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 156-164

  Levine, Michael ^a,b,e   Pizon, Anthony F ^c   Padilla Jones, Angela ^d   Ruha, Anne Michelle ^a,e  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Banner Alzheimers Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Overdose; Vitamin K; Vitamin K antagonist; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; DIGOXIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDOTE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG OVERDOSE; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INGESTION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; HEMORRHAGE; HOME ACCIDENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIDOTES; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN K; WARFARIN;

EID: 84902387437     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13181-013-0378-8     Document Type: Article

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