| 1. | (INR) with mild or no bleeding withhold the warfarin and recheck INR in 1 to 2 days; ... Her chart reveals that she’s on warfarin therapy for chronic atrial fibrillation and today’s labs show ... |
| 2. | She takes an aspirin a day for cardiovascular prevention. You know that warfarin is better than aspirin for preventing stroke but worry ... Since there are few trials looking at use of warfarin among elders in primary care settings we are uncertain ... |
| 3. | Genetic testing can tell us how a patient will metabolize warfarin but no one can tell us how to adjust our dosing ... The report further suggests that by integrating genetic testing into warfarin therapy American health care spending could be reduced ... |
| 4. | Warfarin (Coumadin) is effective in preventing deep venous thrombosis (DVT) among patients with a history of DVT. ... placebo-controlled randomized controlled trial showed that long-term low-dose warfarin (international normalized ratio [INR] 1. ... |
| 5. | have investigated the efficacy and safety of combining adjusted-dose warfarin and aspirin for the prevention of stroke from NVAF. ... patients and 1.4% for patients receiving adjusted-dose warfarin (number needed to treat [NNT] for 1 ... |
| 6. | associated with this regimen may be inconvenient for outpatients. Initiating warfarin at 5 mg daily may produce more consistent anticoagulation ... The investigators tested whether administering 5 mg warfarin daily for 4 days and checking the anticoagulation status ... |
| 7. | Ridker PM Goldhaber SZ Danielson E et al. Long-term low-intensity warfarin therapy for the prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolism. ... who completed at least 3 months of uninterrupted full-dose warfarin therapy (target INR 2.0–3.0). ... |
| 8. | Hurlen M Abdelnoor M Smith P et al. Warfarin aspirin or both after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 2002; ... Researchers have found conflicting results as to whether warfarin is better than aspirin in preventing a second myocardial infarction ... |
| 9. | Guidelines from several US and European cardiology groups allow cessation of warfarin for up to 1 week in patients at risk ... The researchers conducted a large observational study to determine the impact of short-term warfarin discontinuation on the likelihood of developing a thromboembolic event ... |
| 10. | Physicians should ask patients who take warfarin about their use of aspirin products and should discourage the combination. ... myocardial infarction no benefit was observed. In addition taking warfarin and an antiplatelet agent increased the risk of hemorrhage. ... |