Management of anticoagulant therapy: The dutch experience

Evidence-Based Management of Anticoagulant Therapy

2.1. For patients suffi ciently healthy to be treated as outpatients, we suggest initiating vitamin K antagonist (VKA) therapy with warfarin 10 mg Background: High-quality anticoagulation management is required to keep these narrow therapeutic index medications as effective and safe as possible. This article focuses on the common important management questions for which, at a minimum, low-quali...

analysis of reading comprehension needs of the students of paramedical studies: the case of the students of health information management (him)

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Computerized management of oral anticoagulant therapy: experience in major joint arthroplasty.

OBJECTIVE Evaluation of the safety and potential cost savings of a computerized, laboratory-based program to manage inpatient warfarin thromboprophylaxis after major joint arthroplasty. DESIGN A consecutive-case study of adults. SETTING A tertiary care orthopedic institution. PATIENTS Patients requiring joint arthroplasty who had no recent episodes of thromboembolic disease, no mechanical...

Self management of oral anticoagulant therapy after heart valve replacement.

OBJECTIVE Patients with mechanical heart valves require lifelong oral anticoagulant treatment which entails frequent blood sampling and dosage adjustment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of letting heart valve operated patients manage blood specimen analysis and dosage adjustment themselves. METHODS A total of 21 patients were enrolled in the study and followed fo...

Audit of anticoagulant therapy.