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Erschienen in: Reactions Weekly 1/2020

01.03.2020 | Case report

Methotrexate overdose

Various toxicities secondary to poisoning and incorrect frequency of drug administration: case report

Erschienen in: Reactions Weekly | Ausgabe 1/2020

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A 77-year-old woman experienced oral mucositis, bloody discharge from the mouth, conjunctival engorgement, petechiae, ECG abnormalities (inverted T wave), elevated creatinine levels, low platelet levels and leucopenia due to methotrexate overdose and methotrexate poisoning, caused by consumption of methotrexate at an increased dosing frequency due to misunderstanding the prescribed dosing frequency of methotrexate. …
Literatur
Zurück zum Zitat Mostafazadeh B, et al. Acute methotrexate poisoning with diffuse rash: A case report. Tehran University Medical Journal 77: 333-336, No. 5, Jan 2019 [Persian; summarised from a translation] Mostafazadeh B, et al. Acute methotrexate poisoning with diffuse rash: A case report. Tehran University Medical Journal 77: 333-336, No. 5, Jan 2019 [Persian; summarised from a translation]
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Titel
Methotrexate overdose
Various toxicities secondary to poisoning and incorrect frequency of drug administration: case report
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2020
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Reactions Weekly / Ausgabe 1/2020
Print ISSN: 0114-9954
Elektronische ISSN: 1179-2051
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40278-020-75948-1

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