87-year-old woman with improved pulmonary function following accidental long-term inhalation therapy with dabigatran

BMJ Case Reports
Volker Pönitz, Karl Jakob Evensen

Abstract

Accidental long-term dabigatran etexilate inhalation was associated with subtherapeutic dabigatran serum concentrations in an elderly female patient with restrictive lung disease. A significant improvement in her pulmonary function was noted without other therapy directed towards her bronchopulmonary disease.

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