Journal article
Abstract 5795: Impact of the Modified Henry Ford Warfarin Maintenance Dosing Algorithm on Quality of Anticoagulation at a Specialist Anticoagulation Clinic
Abstract
Purpose: The efficacy of warfarin depends on the time that the international normalized ratio (INR) is in the target therapeutic range. The time-in-therapeutic range (TTR) is a measure of anticoagulation quality, and should be maximized. The objective of our before-after study was to determine whether routine use of a simple manual warfarin dosing algorithm compared with ‘expertise-based’ dosing can improve the TTR for warfarin. Methods: The …
Authors
Nieuwlaat R; Kim Y-K; Connolly SJ; Schulman S; Hirsh J; Meijer K; Raju N; Kaatz S; Eikelboom JW
Journal
Circulation, Vol. 120, No. suppl_18,
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
November 3, 2009
DOI
10.1161/circ.120.suppl_18.s1150-a
ISSN
0009-7322