A super‐geriatric patient with gastrostomy underwent life‐threatening prothrombin time‐international normalized ratio prolongation by warfarin following fasting and antibiotic therapy

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: A 97‐year‐old woman with gastrostomy had a drastic enhancement for PT‐INR after starting antibiotic therapy. Possible causes include (1) vitamin K deficiency due to fasting and (2) a combination of warfarin and antibiotics. ABSTRACT: Geriatric and Asian‐descent patients are mor...

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Autores principales: Saeki, Misa, Watanabe, Ayako, Momo, Kenji, Kashiwabara, Yuka, Iha, Tatsuki, Nagata, Takuya, Fujiwara, Akiko, Tanaka, Katsumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10475758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37670818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7762

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10475758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37670818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7762

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