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Figure 1. A 76-year-old woman had iron-deficiency anemia, a hematocrit of 24 percent, and a positive test for occult blood in stool. For several years, she had been taking 400 mg of etodolac twice a day for rheumatoid arthritis; one tablet of enteric-coated, regular-strength aspirin a day; and 1 mg of warfarin sodium a day for severe peripheral vascular disease. Her international normalized ratio was 1.15. After receiving a transfusion, she underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, which revealed an aspirin tablet, with the enteric coating still intact, within an ulcer of the gastric antrum. The tablet was removed with a . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
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