CC BY 4.0 · TH Open 2019; 03(01): e20-e21
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1676984
Letter to the Editor
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Management of Warfarin Anticoagulated Patients Choosing Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments

Christina E. DeRemer
1   Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, Florida, United States
,
Stacey Curtis
1   Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, Florida, United States
,
Jason Konopack
2   Department of Clinical Practice, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Further Information

Publication History

20 September 2018

23 November 2018

Publication Date:
07 January 2019 (online)

Clinical Question

Should anticoagulation management be adjusted in patients undergoing hyperbaric oxygen treatments?

 
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