Case Report. Non-Obvious, Post-Traumatic, Life-Threatening Bleeding in Two Elderly Patients-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Case Report. Non-Obvious, Post-Traumatic, Life-Threatening Bleeding in Two Elderly Patients

Published:2017-04-25 Issue:2 Volume:3 Page:79-83
ISSN:2393-1817
Container-title:The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
language:en
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Author:

Carretero Rafael García¹

Affiliation:

1. Internal Medicine Department, Mostoles University Hospital, Rio Jucar, 28935 , Móstoles , Spain

Abstract

Abstract The main complication of anticoagulant therapy is major bleeding. Clinicians are usually aware of these side effects and are careful when managing the therapeutic range of vitamin K antagonist drugs. But major bleeding, while lifethreatening, can be overlooked if there are no visible signs of bleeding. Two cases are described in which inaccurate diagnoses lead to inadequate treatment.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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