Did you just put a patient on warfarin?

An online resource from the American Heart Association can help reinforce the teaching you’ve done in your office about anticoagulation. “A Patient’s Guide to Warfarin,” which is available at http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Arrhythmia/PreventionTreatmentofArrhythmia/A-Patients-Guide-to-Taking-Warfarin_UCM_444996_Article.jsp, describes how the anticoagulant works, drugs that interact with it, adverse effects to watch for, and the importance of wearing a medical alert bracelet. It also offers an easy-to-understand explanation of several anticoagulation concepts, such as prothrombin time and the International Normalized Ratio, and provides a list of patient do’s and don’ts.

An online resource from the American Heart Association can help reinforce the teaching you’ve done in your office about anticoagulation. “A Patient’s Guide to Warfarin,” which is available at http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Arrhythmia/PreventionTreatmentofArrhythmia/A-Patients-Guide-to-Taking-Warfarin_UCM_444996_Article.jsp, describes how the anticoagulant works, drugs that interact with it, adverse effects to watch for, and the importance of wearing a medical alert bracelet. It also offers an easy-to-understand explanation of several anticoagulation concepts, such as prothrombin time and the International Normalized Ratio, and provides a list of patient do’s and don’ts.

An online resource from the American Heart Association can help reinforce the teaching you’ve done in your office about anticoagulation. “A Patient’s Guide to Warfarin,” which is available at http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Arrhythmia/PreventionTreatmentofArrhythmia/A-Patients-Guide-to-Taking-Warfarin_UCM_444996_Article.jsp, describes how the anticoagulant works, drugs that interact with it, adverse effects to watch for, and the importance of wearing a medical alert bracelet. It also offers an easy-to-understand explanation of several anticoagulation concepts, such as prothrombin time and the International Normalized Ratio, and provides a list of patient do’s and don’ts.