November 17, 2009 — A new post hoc analysis of the RE-LY trial shows that dabigatran etexilate (Boehringer Ingelheim) is noninferior in the lower dose and superior in the higher dose to warfarin for ...

Authors say findings warrant re-examining approach to managing anticoagulation in older adults. (HealthDay News) — Having a supratherapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) while taking warfarin ...

PHOENIX — Patients with hip fractures who also take warfarin have a quicker correction of INR when they receive vitamin K within 4 hours of admission, according to study results presented at the ...

Researchers have found an association between treatment with the antibiotic dicloxacillin and a decrease in international normalized ratio (INR; a measure of blood coagulation) levels among patients ...

Patients have poor knowledge of warfarin, which may increase their risk of serious side effects, according to new research. Patients have poor knowledge of warfarin which may increase their risk of ...

Many patients with good INR control on warfarin won’t maintain a high time in therapeutic range (TTR) even a year later, making past TTR a poor predictor of clinical outcomes in patients with A-fib, a ...

Apixaban reliably benefits patients with atrial fibrillation (A-fib) irrespective of their predicted bleeding or stroke risk and regardless of the risk score used. The findings, from a secondary ...

Even in centers where INR control was excellent, dabigatran was noninferior at the 110-mg dose and superior at the 150-mg dose to warfarin for prevention of stroke or systemic embolism, the primary ...