TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - "Superwarfarin" ingestion. A new problem in covert anticoagulant overdose
JO  - General hospital psychiatry
A1  - Swigar, M. E.
A1  - Clemow, L. P.
A1  - Saidi, P.
A1  - Kim, Hyeon Chang
SP  - 309
EP  - 312
VL  - 12
IS  - 5
N2  - For the attention of psychiatric consultants, brodifacoum, a new longer-acting, warfarin-like oral anticoagulant rodenticide, has been used for suicide attempts. The overdose potential with brodifacoum is serious since it is readily available without prescription, and bleeding complications last for weeks to months after a single ingestion. This article reports a case of ingestion and reviews four similar cases from medical literature. Also reviewed are details about mechanism of action, procedures for diagnosis, and treatment requirements. Also, characteristics of persons who ingest long-acting anticoagulants appear to differ from those who ingest short-acting anticoagulants reported from earlier literature.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0163-8343
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -