Retrospective cohort study for evaluating the INR monitoring patterns in patients with deep vein thrombosis in daily practice: Analysis of 2010-2013 database of a tertiary care center.

Conclusion Our study revealed only one-third of the follow-up time to be spent within therapeutic INR, association of INR therapeutic range with lesser number of hospital admissions and INR monitoring frequency of 6.47 times/year despite lack of stable INR control in most of the deep vein thrombosis patients.
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Source: Phlebology - October 18, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Sargin M, Tasdemir MM, Kuplay H, Erdogan SB, Tandogar N, Akansel S, Kurc E, Orhan G, Aka SA Tags: Phlebology Source Type: research