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Acute renal failure caused by severe coagulopathy induced by the interaction between warfarin potassium and levofloxacin: a case report

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  1. Department of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1-Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan

    Chiaki Nemoto, Yukihiro Ikegami, Jiro Shimada, Yasuhiko Tsukada, Yoshinobu Abe & Choichiro Tase

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Nemoto, C., Ikegami, Y., Shimada, J. et al. Acute renal failure caused by severe coagulopathy induced by the interaction between warfarin potassium and levofloxacin: a case report. J Anesth 26, 943–944 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-012-1448-9

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