Medication error when switching from warfarin to rivaroxaban leading to spontaneous large ecchymosis of the abdominal and chest wall

Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC) therapy may be inappropriate if prescription was incorrect, the patient’s physiological parameters change, or interacting concomitant medications are erroneously added. The aim of this report was to illustrate inappropriate NOAC prescription in a 78-year-old w...

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Main Authors: Flavio Egger, Federica Targa, Ivan Unterholzner, Russell P. Grant, Markus Herrmann, Christian J. Wiedermann
Format: Article
Sprog:English
Udgivet: MDPI AG 2016-08-01
Serier:Clinics and Practice
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Online adgang:https://www.clinicsandpractice.org/index.php/cp/article/view/873