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Case Report

Supratherapeutic International Normalized Ratio: An Indicator of Chronic Malnutrition Due to Severely Debilitating Gastrointestinal Disease

by
Sarwan Kumar
1,*,
Deepak Gupta
2 and
Shiva S. Rau
1
1
Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, MI, USA
2
Department of Anesthesiology, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, MI, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Clin. Pract. 2011, 1(2), e21; https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e21
Submission received: 14 March 2011 / Revised: 14 March 2011 / Accepted: 11 April 2011 / Published: 19 April 2011

Abstract

This case highlights the fact that Supratherapeutic INRs direct the attention of the treating physicians’ team to the underlying severely debilitating gastrointestinal diseases. Prolonged fasting or starvation reduces vitamin K levels. Such patients are more sensitive to treatment with Vitamin K antagonist-based anticoagulants. Hence, the Supratherapeutic INR can be an objective indicator of chronic loss of appetite with poor nutritional status of the patient and therefore acts as a warning sign for diagnosis of severe debilitating primary gastrointestinal disease.
Keywords: Supratherapeutic INRs Supratherapeutic INRs

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Kumar, S.; Gupta, D.; Rau, S.S. Supratherapeutic International Normalized Ratio: An Indicator of Chronic Malnutrition Due to Severely Debilitating Gastrointestinal Disease. Clin. Pract. 2011, 1, e21. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e21

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Kumar S, Gupta D, Rau SS. Supratherapeutic International Normalized Ratio: An Indicator of Chronic Malnutrition Due to Severely Debilitating Gastrointestinal Disease. Clinics and Practice. 2011; 1(2):e21. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e21

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Kumar, Sarwan, Deepak Gupta, and Shiva S. Rau. 2011. "Supratherapeutic International Normalized Ratio: An Indicator of Chronic Malnutrition Due to Severely Debilitating Gastrointestinal Disease" Clinics and Practice 1, no. 2: e21. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e21

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