Is the Dose of Warfarin Prescribed by American Physicians Unnecessarily High?

The proceedings of a national conference on antithrombotic therapy (anticoagulant therapy and platelet-suppressive therapy) sponsored by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) were published in a special supplement of Chest,1 and the recommendations of the proceedings were summarized in the Archives.2 The recommendations relating to dosage and laboratory monitoring of oral …