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Impact of drug interactions when medications are stopped: the often forgotten risks
Author(s) -
Tong Erica Y,
Kowalski Melanie,
Yip Gary S,
Dooley Michael J
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja13.11361
Subject(s) - drug , medicine , pharmacology , intensive care medicine , internet privacy , business , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science
An 82-year-old man sustained an unwitnessed mechanical fall within his residential care facility, after which he developed lower back pain and intermittent dizziness. On review by his general practitioner 3 days later, he was found to have extensive bruising of his back, buttocks and thighs. Pathology tests 6 days after the fall showed a haemoglobin level of 69 g/L (reference interval [RI], 122–170 g/L). On arrival at the Alfred Hospital emergency department, he had mild abdominal pain, appeared lethargic and displayed clinical signs of anaemia.