a Patient had a surgical procedure in April for which his warfarin was discontinued for five days. b During this visit, the patient was prescribed prednisone 10 mg orally daily and his warfarin ...

To get the correct warfarin dose, patients have to have their INR tested. INR—international normalized ratio test—is a common blood test that determines how quickly your blood clots.

The primary outcome assessed was the difference between pre- and post-INR values. Secondary endpoints included bleeding events, emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and warfarin ...

aspirin and warfarin therapy (at a target international normalized ratio [INR] of 2.2) are equivalent in terms of both efficacy and major bleeding complications. 9 The generalizability of the ...