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Warfarin

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Advise your patient that most patients on warfarin feel as healthy as patients who are not a

Note:

  • Patients on warfarin score no differently from control patients on a questionnaire asking about functional status, well-being and health perception. Only patients who have had a bleed on warfarin become more concerned about their health. a

Expiry date: May 2003
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With thanks to Drs. David Keeling, John Reynolds, David Sackett, Sharon Straus and Alan Townsend 
 for use of their anticoagulation guide on which this one is based.

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   A   Gallus
CAT Writer   CM   Ball