NEW YORK, June 20 (
Warfarin and hemorrhage
NEW YORK, June 20 (Praxis Press) The major toxic effect of warfarin sodium therapy is hemorrhage, the risk of which increases with the international normalized ratio (INR) value. To examine the relationship between INR values and hemorrhage, the researchers evaluated the rate of major hemorrhage and the rate of INR decay in patients undergoing warfarin sodium therapy. Hylek and colleagues evaluated 114 patients with INRs greater than 6.0 and compared them with 268 patients with INRs in the targ
