Older individuals had a higher TTR than younger patients. Weekly testers experienced significantly fewer critical values (INR <1.5 or >5.0) than did variable testers. Point-of-care patient self ...

Summary The frequently observed phenomenon of elevated International Normalized Ratio (INR) values in patients with cirrhosis has led to a theory of "autoanticoagulation" and the assertion that ...

17.1%, 95% CI 1.89–2.22). Also, weekly testers experienced significantly fewer critical international normalized ratio (INR) values <1.5 or >5.0 as compared to the variable testers. Unlike ...

Specifically, we sought to determine (1) whether the within-patient mean warfarin dosage required to maintain INR values within the goal range of 2.0–3.0 was significantly different before and ...