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Prolonged Coagulopathy Related to Superwarfarin Overdose
- Sanjay Sarin, MD;
- Hamid Mukhtar, MD; and
- Mohd A. Mirza, MD
- From Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17822.
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TO THE EDITOR:
Background: Superwarfarin poisoning is a growing public health problem in the United States and affects people of all ages, primarily children (1). Physicians must have a high index of suspicion for superwarfarin exposure when patients have unexplained coagulopathy resistant to vitamin K replacement and fresh frozen plasma.
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