Accidental rivaroxaban overdose in a patient with pulmonary embolism: Some lessons for managing new oral anticoagulants

Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-59

  Sajkov, Dimitar ^a   Gallus, Alexander ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Overdose; Rivaroxaban

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; D DIMER; DABIGATRAN; ENOXAPARIN; RIVAROXABAN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 84940186542     PISSN: 11795476     EISSN: 11795476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/CCRep.S27992     Document Type: Article

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