Atrial fibrillation patients with mental illness are less likely to receive warfarin anticoagulation; those who do receive warfarin have excess risk of over-anticoagulation. Objectives: To determine ...

Authors say findings warrant re-examining approach to managing anticoagulation in older adults. HealthDay News — Having a supratherapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) while taking warfarin ...

This issue of the Journal presents "The Use of Oral Anticoagulants (Warfarin) in Older People," a guideline of the American Geriatrics Society, abstracted from the Sixth American College of Chest ...

Warfarin is a medication that, with few exceptions, is dosed to effect. When the INR does not respond as predicted, it is important to consider possible causes before the warfarin dose is adjusted.

A research team from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Kaiser Permanente of Northern California has shown that patients with atrial fibrillation who receive an appropriate level of ...

Warfarin (Coumadin) is part of a group of drugs called anticoagulants. They help stop your blood from getting thicker, or “clotting.” You might hear these meds called “blood thinners.” But ...

Continuous anticoagulation may effectively reduce the incidence of thromboembolic events in patients with orthopedic trauma, ...

TUESDAY, Aug. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Having a supratherapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) while taking warfarin does not significantly increase the risk for brain bleeding after blunt ...