TY - JOUR PY - 2011// TI - A Case of Prolonged Coagulopathy in a Patient Intoxicated with Superwarfarin Rodenticide JO - Journal of The Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology A1 - Park, Chan-Woo A1 - Cho, Jun-Hwi A1 - Bae, Joon-Ho A1 - Moon, Joong-Bum A1 - Chon, Sung-Bin A1 - Ahn, Ki-Ohk A1 - Lee, Hui-Young SP - 113 EP - 116 VL - IS - N2 - Superwarfarin, such as brodifacoum, is a highly lethal vitamin K antagonist used as a rodenticide. Brodifacoum has a particularly long half-life in the body, which ranges to several months, and therefore requires prolonged treatment with antidotal vitamin K. We experienced a case whereby an 18-year-old male was presented to the hospital with a severe bleeding disorder. It was discovered that he had ingested brodifacoum rodenticide with intent to commit suicide. Despite continual treatment with vitamin K, the bleeding disorder persisted for several months before he recovered. We report this case with literature review.

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