| Literature DB >> 30001816 |
Richard J Doyle1, Zane Elfessi2, Kevin Kolman3.
Abstract
Acute, unintentional drug-related poisonings lead to an estimated 418,313 ED visits in 2014, according to the latest statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. While most of these were opiate-related poisonings, anticoagulant rodenticides were the most common cause of rodenticide-related poisoning in the United States. Many clinical syndromes and treatment algorithms have been described for patients with anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning. We report a case of an acute ingestion of two anticoagulant rodenticides and successful reversal of coagulation parameters using 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate in a fixed-dose approach.Entities:
Keywords: Brodifacoum; Difenacoum; Prothrombin complex concentrates; Rodenticides
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30001816 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.06.040
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Emerg Med ISSN: 0735-6757 Impact factor: 2.469