Key result
An anticoagulation clinic model was found to be optimal for warfarin management compared to a traditional management model.
Why the study?
Does the anticoagulation clinic (AC) model improve therapeutic dosing optimization compared to a traditional model in patients receiving warfarin?
Does the anticoagulation clinic (AC) model improve therapeutic dosing optimization compared to a traditional model in patients receiving warfarin?
The anticoagulation clinic model appears superior to traditional management for optimizing warfarin dosing.
Anticoagulation clinic model may optimize warfarin dosing; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Warfarin is the most commonly prescribed oral anticoagulant. The management of warfarin is challenging, and current guidelines fail to include a model to assist practitioners in optimizing therapeutic dosing. The traditional model and the anticoagulation clinic (AC) model of warfarin management were compared and results found the AC model optimum.
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McGuinn et al. (2014) studied this question. An anticoagulation clinic model was found to be optimal for warfarin management compared to a traditional management model.
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