Elevated international normalized ratio with the consumption of grapefruit and use of warfarin
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Elevated international normalized ratio with the consumption of grapefruit and use of warfarin
A 65-year-old male with documented atrial flutter who was taking warfarin chronically returned to the anticoagulation clinic for follow-up, after having been on 10 mg daily for approximately 2 weeks. He had a previous sub-therapeutic international normalized ratio of 1.7 on a dose of 65 mg/week. The international normalized ratio at this visit was now 4.77 via venipuncture, after just an 8% inc...
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عنوان ژورنال: SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2050-313X,2050-313X
DOI: 10.1177/2050313x13511602