Warfarin induced hematuria

Authors

  • Dhiren Patel Department of Pharmacology, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • Kamlesh Patel Department of Pharmacology, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • Sapna Gupta Department of Emergency Medicine, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • Supriya Malhotra Department of Pharmacology, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • Pankaj Patel 3Dean, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20194132

Keywords:

Hematuria, Warfarin, Prothrombin time

Abstract

Warfarin is an oral vitamin K antagonist prescribed to those patients for the treatment and prevention of thromboembolism. The major challenges to be faced during the therapy were a greater risk for both major as well as minor bleeding, which makes the regular monitoring of INR (international normalized ratio) mandatory. Herein, we reported a case of Warfarin induced hematuria which is serious and we concluded this causality as possible category according WHO-UMC causality category.

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Published

2019-08-28

How to Cite

Patel, D., Patel, K., Gupta, S., Malhotra, S., & Patel, P. (2019). Warfarin induced hematuria. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 8(9), 2158–2160. https://doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20194132

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