Add to ORKGAs a specialist in diagnostic coagulation, I am frequently faced with a patient who does not want to drive into Boston to be monitored for warfarin (coumadin) therapy at our anticoagulation clinic. This fact has not been lost on instrument manufacturers, who have produced multiple point-of-care devices for home monitoring of the pro-thrombin time/international normalized ratio (PT/INR). The number of individuals taking coumadin for atrial fibrillation, recurrent venous or arterial thrombosis, and other conditions is tremendous. The total number of prescriptions for warfarin in 1999 exceeded 20 million. The report by Ambrose et al. (1) in this issue of Clinical Chemistry investigates the performance of a point-of-care testing (POCT) analyzer...
Current trends in cardiac surgery have challenged perfusionists to seek diversification of services....
Coagulation laboratory tests are vital to the diagnosis, treatment, and management of bleeding and h...
The increasing number of patients requiring oral anticoagulant therapy has lead to an expansion in t...
Automated technologies have revolutionised the monitoring of coagulation disorders in the central ho...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Point-of-care testing (POCT) prothrombin time monitors are now widely used t...
Automated technologies have revolutionised the monitoring of coagulation disorders in the central ho...
Normalized Ratio (PT/INR) measurements have typically been used to monitor patients on warfarin thro...
BACKGROUND: The standardized test used for evaluating the effect of warfarin is the prothrombin time...
Clinicians should be aware of new developments to familiarize themselves with pharmacokinetic and ph...
Background: Long-term warfarin therapy requires intensive laboratory monitoring of venous blood. Rel...
The use of oral anticoagulation treatment (OAT) in patients with an international normalized ratio (...
Background: Point-of-care testing (POCT) of coagulation has been proven to be of great value in acce...
Point-of-care testing (POCT) coagulometers are increasingly being used in the hospital setting and p...
The management of thrombophilia patients involves anticoagulation therapy (prophylaxis or treatment)...
Point of care testing (POCT) international normalized ratio (INR) devices are widely accepted for se...
Current trends in cardiac surgery have challenged perfusionists to seek diversification of services....
Coagulation laboratory tests are vital to the diagnosis, treatment, and management of bleeding and h...
The increasing number of patients requiring oral anticoagulant therapy has lead to an expansion in t...
Automated technologies have revolutionised the monitoring of coagulation disorders in the central ho...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Point-of-care testing (POCT) prothrombin time monitors are now widely used t...
Automated technologies have revolutionised the monitoring of coagulation disorders in the central ho...
Normalized Ratio (PT/INR) measurements have typically been used to monitor patients on warfarin thro...
BACKGROUND: The standardized test used for evaluating the effect of warfarin is the prothrombin time...
Clinicians should be aware of new developments to familiarize themselves with pharmacokinetic and ph...
Background: Long-term warfarin therapy requires intensive laboratory monitoring of venous blood. Rel...
The use of oral anticoagulation treatment (OAT) in patients with an international normalized ratio (...
Background: Point-of-care testing (POCT) of coagulation has been proven to be of great value in acce...
Point-of-care testing (POCT) coagulometers are increasingly being used in the hospital setting and p...
The management of thrombophilia patients involves anticoagulation therapy (prophylaxis or treatment)...
Point of care testing (POCT) international normalized ratio (INR) devices are widely accepted for se...
Current trends in cardiac surgery have challenged perfusionists to seek diversification of services....
Coagulation laboratory tests are vital to the diagnosis, treatment, and management of bleeding and h...
The increasing number of patients requiring oral anticoagulant therapy has lead to an expansion in t...