Anticoagulant pesticides are used widely in agricultural and urban rodent control. The
emergence of warfarin-resistant strains of rats led to the introduction of a new group of …

Background Superwarfarin sodium exposure or poisoning is a growing public health
problem. There were 5133 reported cases of superwarfarin exposure and poisoning in 1988 …

Oral anticoagulants are the most commonly used agents in the long-term prophylaxis and
treatment of arterial and venous thrombotic disorders. As new and expanded indications for …

Superwarfarin (Brodifacoum) Poisoning Page 1 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Vol. 25, No. 6,
December 1997 Brodifacoum is a readily available second generation anticoagulant …

Brodifacoum is a 4-hydroxycoumarin derivative that is commonly used as a rodenticide.
Human exposures have produced severe coagulopathies resulting in hematuria …

The biochemistry of vitamin K metabolism and the role of vitamin K-dependent γ-
carboxylation of the vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors are now well understood …

W ith the emergence of warfarin-resistant rats the new hydroxycoumarin compounds that
have been developed as potent roden-ticides have gained increasing popularity.'These …

Warfarin and related compounds have been shown to be efficacious and safe in a wide
variety of clinical thrombotic disorders including venous thromboembolism, stroke …

Factitious disorders are fabricated illnesses. Conceptually, these disorders lie in the gray
zone between malingering and real diseases. Clinical awareness will prevent unnecessary …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the conventional treatment of venous
thromboembolism. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) can be …