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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"oral anticoagulation"”.
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Duration of oral anticoagulation in first-episode idiopathic deep vein thrombosis: A Markov decision analysis.
… months, twelve months, two years, and lifelong anticoagulation for first episode idiopathic DVT. Secondary objectives were to assess quality of life for patients on warfarin therapy for DVT and for patients with post-thrombosic syndrome. A third objective was to determine if quality of life for …
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Oral anticoagulation treatment in atrial fibrillation - To bleed or not to bleed, that is the question
Background: Oral antigoagulation treatment (OAT) with warfarin have a narrow therapeutic window and patients exhibit a highly variable doseresponse that is attributable to genetic, disease-related,and environmental factors as well as prescription and nonprescription drugs, dietary vitamin K and …
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Shared Decision-Making to Improve Uptake of and Adherence with Oral Anticoagulation Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Initial Clinical Evaluation of a Web-Based Patient Decision Aid
… to suboptimal uptake and long-term adherence to oral anticoagulant (OAC) therapy. Despite the established benefits of OACs in reducing stroke risk, many patients do not initiate therapy or discontinue it prematurely. This multi-method doctoral thesis aimed to examine the issue of OAC …
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Kapilläre Thromboplastinzeit : Untersuchung zur Validität des INR-Wertes aus Kapillarblut bei Kindern mit und ohne Marcumartherapie mit Hilfe des CoaguChek-Systems
The practical organization of oral anticoagulant therapy with pediatric patients is often difficult. As an encouring alternative portable coagulation time monitors were developed in the last years to measure the prothrombin time with capillary blood. To evaluate the reliability of this method …
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International Normalised Ratio Monitoring in Children: Comparing the accuracy of portable point-of-care monitors to standard of care laboratory monitoring at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
… is an increasing trend in the use of long-term oral anticoagulation therapy in children. Monitoring the international normalised ratio (INR) is an integral part in management of these patients, but standard laboratory testing of the INR presents challenges in this age group. Point-of-care INR …
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The prevalence of atrial fibrillation in patients with ischaemic stroke in a district hospital in the Western Cape
… related to AF can be reduced significantly by oral anticoagulation, further studies should aim to explore barriers and challenges to effective screening.
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Untersuchung von Krankenhauskomplikationen nach elektiver perkutaner transluminaler Koronarangioplastie bei kombinierter Vorbehandlung mit Ticlopidin und Azetylsalizylsäure
… with a higher stent implantation rate (17.8 %). Oral anticoagulation was initiated when a stent was implanted in group A whereas the combined medication was continued in case of stent implantation in group B. Procedural success, necessity of reintervention, myocardial infarction, death, ischemic …
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Does engaging with an interactive adherence intervention improve time in therapeutic range compared to receiving an education intervention alone, among patients anticoagulated with warfarin in Cape Town, South Africa?
Background: Warfarin is the mainstay of oral anticoagulation in South Africa. There is wide variability between individual dose requirements. Regular International Normalised Ratio (INR) monitoring to guide dosing is required. Maintaining INR in therapeutic range is important for efficacy and …
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What is the efficacy of withholding perioperative anticoagulation bridging in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing elective invasive procedures?
… of cardioembolic events, necessitating chronic oral anticoagulation in most patients. The efficacy of heparin bridging during temporary interruptions of oral anticoagulants compared to no bridging in the perioperative setting remains unclear. This systematic review aims to investigate the …
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Personalised warfarin dosing in children after congenital heart surgery using the model-based approach
Oral anticoagulation with warfarin represents a major challenge to successful drug therapy in children. The aims of this study was to investigate the implementation in routine clinical practice, personalised warfarin dosing using a PK/PD model, in children after congenital heart surgery and to …
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Prevalence, characteristics and additional stroke risk stratification: an analysis of the Atrial Fibrillation cohort within the REMEDY study
… developed. These are used to assess the need for anticoagulation and have been well validated. These scores have traditionally excluded those patients with valvular AF. Valvular AF has not been studied extensively in the contemporary era. Oral anticoagulation had previously been advised in all …
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Aportaciones a un modelo de inserción de servicios asistenciales basados en telemedicina para su uso y validación en el seguimiento de pacientes crónicos
… propia viabilidad. El objetivo de esta tesis doctoral es definir una estrategia de evaluación que posibilite la obtención de evidencia temprana sobre la eficacia sanitaria de las intervenciones en un contexto de complejidad contenida, a partir de una implementación mínima en la organización, que …