Tag: INR
Prothrombin Time and INR (International Normalized Ratio)
Indications:
Used to be a bleeding disorder, whether congenital or acquired, examination serves primarily to monitor patients on oral anticoagulant treatment based on anticoagulants.
These drugs...
Anticoagulant Therapy
Warning:
• Any heparin requires a platelet count check twice a week.
• Early relay by vitamin K antagonists (VKA) reduces the risk of thrombocytopenia.
• Thrombocytopenia...
Vitamin K antagonist
- The VKA act through competitive inhibition of hepatic synthesis of certain clotting factors vitamin K-dependent: prothrombin (II); proconvertin (VII); factor IX; Factor X...
