Anticoagulation instability with life-threatening complication after dietary modification
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 66 (780), 855-857
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.66.780.855
Abstract
Summary: Anticoagulation instability due to a change in intake of vitamin K after dietary modification was observed in 2 patients on long-term oral anticoagulants. One patient developed diffuse bruises treated conservatively with fresh frozen plasma transfusion and the other had a thrombosed aortic prosthesis which required emergency operation. To prevent such complications, dietary modification especially with food rich in vitamin K should be undertaken with care in patients on long-term oral anticoagulants.Keywords
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