Prescribers' Behavior Following a Below- Versus Above-Range International Normalized Ratio Values in Warfarin-Treated Deep Vein Thrombosis Patients.

Prescribers' Behavior Following a Below- Versus Above-Range International Normalized Ratio Values in Warfarin-Treated Deep Vein Thrombosis Patients. Curr Med Res Opin. 2016 Mar 10;:1-12 Authors: Raut MK, Nelson WW, Wang SW, Coleman CI, Lu L, Patel D, Schein JR, Xiang J, Damaraju CV Abstract Maintaining acceptable international normalized ratio (INR) control among deep vein thrombosis (DVT) patients taking warfarin is challenging. We evaluated prescribers' behavior to out-of-range INRs in DVT patients following initial INR stabilization. Following INR stabilization, a below-range INR was associated with fewer subsequent measurements and warfarin-dosing adjustments, and a longer time to re-achieve a therapeutic INR compared to an above-range INR. PMID: 26960249 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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