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Warfarin

Starting treatment
Indications
Dosing and monitoring
Complications
Follow-up
Follow-up
  • primary care monitoring a

Note:

  • Anticoagulation monitoring in primary care using near-patient testing and computer decision-support is as safe as hospital care. d
  • Patients spend the same amount of time with an INR within the therapeutic range. a

Expiry date: May 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

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