Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage During Warfarin Therapy Associated with Co-Trimoxazole and other Urinary Tract Anti-infectives

Some antibiotics, including co-trimoxazole, inhibit warfarin’s metabolism and may be associated with greater risk of hemorrhage in warfarin-treated patients. This thesis examines the risk of upper gastrointestinal (UGI) hemorrhage in older patients receiving warfarin and antibiotics commonly used to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fischer, Hadas Daisy
Other Authors: Laupacis, Andreas
Language:en_ca
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/18297