INTRODUCTION Patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation are at increased risk for systemic embolism, predominantly disabling stroke. To study how stroke and mortality rates vary with different degrees of anticoagulation reflected by the international normalised ratio (INR) we critically assess information from different sources. MATERIALS AND METHODS 1. Computerized search of the medical l...

Capillary point-of-care (POC) International Normalized Ratio (INR) measurement within the home is a feasible method of INR testing and is associated with non-inferior warfarin/INR control when compared with traditional approaches [1,2]. Owing to the lack of studies providing evidence for guidance in POC INR Home Testing (PIHT), consensus recommendations have been developed for use in the pediat...

BACKGROUND Warfarin nomograms to guide dosing have been shown to improve control of the international normalized ratio (INR) in the general outpatient setting. However, the effectiveness of these nomograms in hemodialysis patients is unknown. We evaluated the effectiveness of anticoagulation using an electronic warfarin nomogram administered by nurses in outpatient hemodialysis patients, compar...

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BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) patients frequently require anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) to prevent thromboembolic events, but their use increases the risk of hemorrhage. We evaluated time spent in therapeutic range (TTR), proportion of international normalized ratio (INR) measurements in range (PINRR), adverse events in relation to INR, and predictors of INR control in...

PURPOSE To identify factors that determine patients' intentions to use point-of-care medical devices, ie, portable coagulometer devices for self-testing of the international normalized ratio (INR) required for ongoing monitoring of blood-coagulation intensity among patients on long-term oral anticoagulation therapy with vitamin K antagonists, eg, warfarin. METHODS A cross-sectional study that...