| Autor: |
Pieper B; Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., USA., Smitherman HC Jr |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The Nurse practitioner [Nurse Pract] 1998 May; Vol. 23 (5), pp. 74-5, 80, 83. |
| Abstrakt: |
The purpose of this article is to describe a patient who was HIV-positive, had a massive venous ulcer, and developed a prolonged bleeding time with marked blood loss from the ulcer. The patient underwent a workup to rule out possible causes for this prolonged bleeding time; all studies were negative. A review of his history identified that he was self-medicating with ibuprofen while taking zidovudine. A potentiated effect of these two medications on the bleeding time has been reported in the literature. This case illustrates the importance of revisiting a patient's history while working up an acute problem as well as clinically monitoring for blood loss if a person takes ibuprofen and zidovudine. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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