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Accidental Rivaroxaban Overdose in a Patient with Pulmonary Embolism: Some Lessons for Managing New Oral Anticoagulants

Rivaroxaban is an orally active direct factor Xa inhibitor used to treat venous thromboembolism with approved starting dose of 15 mg twice-daily. We present a case of an accidental overdose in a patient with pulmonary thromboembolism, when the patient received two 150 mg doses of rivaroxaban, instea...

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Autores principales: Sajkov, Dimitar, Gallus, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26279635
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S27992