Journal article
Optimal loading dose of warfarin for the initiation of oral anticoagulation.
- Abstract:
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BACKGROUND: Warfarin is used as an oral anticoagulant. However, there is wide variation in patient response to warfarin dose. This variation, as well as the necessity of keeping within a narrow therapeutic range, means that selection of the correct warfarin dose at the outset of treatment is not straightforward. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of different initiation doses of warfarin in terms of time in-range, time to INR in-range and effect on serious adverse events. SEARCH METHODS...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Cochrane database of systematic reviews
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 12
- Pages:
- CD008685
- Publication date:
- 2012-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1469-493X
- ISSN:
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1469-493X
- Source identifiers:
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367707
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- English
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- pubs:367707
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- 2013-11-16
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- 2012
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