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Vitamin K and PT/INR results

How much effect does the vitamin K content of green leafy vegetables have on prothrombin time/international normalized ratio (INR) results? —GEORGE KRONER, PA-C, Cary, N.C. Reducing the amount of ...
Medscape

What Is the Value of "Baseline Coagulation" Studies in Patients Starting Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin and Warfarin Therapy?

Critical pathways exist in many hospitals for treating patients with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Some pathways call for “baseline laboratory studies,” including ...
Nature

Negative association between free triiodothyronine level and international normalized ratio in euthyroid subjects with acute myocardial infarction

To investigate the relationship between free triiodothyronine (FT3) and the international normalized ratio (the ratio of the prothrombin time of a patient to the normal sample, INR) in Chinese ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

False PT/INR Results May Appear for Some Patients

Alere has issued a voluntary correction to users of the Alere INRatio and INRatio 2 PT/INR Monitor system of certain medical conditions that should not be tested with the system (INRatio Monitor ...
Medscape

Can Warfarin Be Administered on a Sliding Scale?

Has anyone had practice/experience with prescribing sliding-scale orders of warfarin, based on prothrombin time (PT) and international normalized ratio (INR)? However, issues regarding how to bill, ...