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A suspicious case of cefmetazole‐induced hypoprothrombinemia

Cefmetazole occasionally prolongs the prothrombin time. The mechanism is considered to be because of (i) inhibition of vitamin K metabolism, (ii) a lack of vitamin K, and (iii) low vitamin K stores. We report the death of a 93‐year‐old woman who was administered cefmetazole and exhibited a prolonged...

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Autores principales: Kodama, Nobuhiro, Matsumoto, Shuichi, Matsubayashi, Sunao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5689430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29264036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.18

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