Warfarin Therapy: In response

Control of warfarin therapy.

Warfarin has been established as the oral anticoagulant of choice for many years. It is preferred to other coumarin-type drugs because of its greater reliability in clinical practice, and it benefits many thousands of patients each year. Nonetheless, it is not without hazard and there must be very few doctors who have not experienced difficulties in controlling a patient's coagulation state. Wa...

Jaundice following warfarin therapy.

A case of intrahepatic cholestatic jaundice following warfarin therapy is described. The patient made a complete recovery on withdrawal on the drug.

Control of warfarin therapy.

Association of Warfarin Therapy with APOE and VKORC1 Genes Polymorphism in Iranian Population

Warfarin is a vitamin K antagonist that genetic and non-genetic factors affected on its doserequirement in the patients with cardio vascular disease. The aim of this study was whetherthe APOE and VKORC1 polymorphisms influence on warfarin dose requirements in the partof Iranian patients. Blood samples were collected from 86 warfarin-treated patients. Afterextraction of genomic DNA, the VKORC1 (...

Self-management of warfarin therapy.

BACKGROUND Clinical studies from other countries show that self-management of warfarin therapy may reduce the risk of mortality, thromboembolism and complications when compared to conventional therapy. The purpose of this study was to train patients in self-management and compare the results with conventional therapy in Norway. METHOD A total of 23 patients who had previously been given conve...