Case Report. Non-Obvious, Post-Traumatic, Life-Threatening Bleeding in Two Elderly Patients
| 11 maj 2017
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Data publikacji: 11 maj 2017
Zakres stron: 79 - 83
Otrzymano: 22 lut 2017
Przyjęty: 19 kwi 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jccm-2017-0012
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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.