Why the study?
Does anticoagulant dosing managed by designated trained pharmacists improve the quality of outpatient anticoagulant control compared to rotating junior medical staff in outpatients receiving anticoagulant therapy?
Population
382 outpatients receiving anticoagulant therapy (2,219 INR results analyzed)
Comparison
Anticoagulant dosing managed by designated… vs Anticoagulant dosing managed by rotating junior…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
8 months either side of the staff changeover
Authors
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Pharmacist management was associated with better out-of-range INR correction; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Does anticoagulant dosing managed by designated trained pharmacists improve the quality of outpatient anticoagulant control compared to rotating junior medical staff in outpatients receiving anticoagulant therapy?
Pharmacist-led anticoagulant clinics using standard protocols improve the correction of out-of-range INRs compared to management by junior medical staff.
Radley et al. (1995) studied this question.
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