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October 1, 1999Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

State-of-the-Art Review: Warfarin Therapy: A Review of the Literature Since the Fifth American College of Chest Physicians' Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy

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Population

Patients with atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or requiring DVT prophylaxis

Design

Review

Authors

ALAl LodwickSt. Mary-Corwin Medical Center

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Implication

Supports warfarin's role in AF and DVT; leaves open implementation strategies to address underutilization.

Structured PICO

P
Population
Patients with atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or requiring DVT prophylaxis
I
Intervention
Warfarin therapy

This review emphasizes the established efficacy of warfarin for anticoagulation while addressing practical clinical challenges such as underutilization, overanticoagulation, and drug interactions.

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Al Lodwick (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86a830b712452940cb8937https://doi.org/10.1177/107602969900500402

Topics

Anticoagulation in AF
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