Anticoagulation clinic versus a traditional warfarin management model

Nurse Pract. 2014 Oct 15;39(10):40-6. doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000451803.29453.0c.

Abstract

Warfarin is the most commonly prescribed oral anticoagulant. The management of warfarin is challenging, and current guidelines fail to include a model to assist practitioners in optimizing therapeutic dosing. The traditional model and the anticoagulation clinic (AC) model of warfarin management were compared and results found the AC model optimum.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Monitoring / methods*
  • Drug Monitoring / nursing
  • Evidence-Based Nursing
  • Humans
  • Meta-Analysis as Topic
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Warfarin / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Warfarin