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March 6, 1982BMJOpen Access

Therapeutic control of anticoagulant treatment.

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Population

250 patients receiving anticoagulant treatment (150 on long-term treatment, 100 after discharge from hospital)

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

52 weeks (group 1) and 12 weeks (group 2)

Authors

BDBrian DuxburyUniversity of South Dakota

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Overview

Suboptimal post-discharge control warrants closer monitoring; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve outcomes in prospective studies.

Structured PICO

P
Population
250 patients receiving anticoagulant treatment (150 on long-term treatment, 100 after discharge from hospital)
I
Intervention
Anticoagulant treatment monitoring
O
Outcome
Proportion of time in satisfactory British correlated ratio range (2.3-3.5)surrogate

Therapeutic control of anticoagulant treatment is often suboptimal, particularly in the early post-discharge period, highlighting the need for continuous review and quality control.

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Brian Duxbury (1982) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a20985b01bc09701ff366cfhttps://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.284.6317.702
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