Management of Outpatient Warfarin Therapy amid COVID-19 Pandemic: A Practical Guide

Many healthcare resources have been and continue to be allocated to the management of patients with COVID-19. Therefore, the ongoing care of patients receiving oral anticoagulation with warfarin is likely to be compromised amid this unprecedented crisis. This article discusses a stepwise algorithm f...

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Autores principales: Kow, Chia Siang, Sunter, Wendy, Bain, Amie, Zaidi, Syed Tabish Razi, Hasan, Syed Shahzad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
Materias:
Current Opinion
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7247959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32458370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40256-020-00415-z
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Sumario:Many healthcare resources have been and continue to be allocated to the management of patients with COVID-19. Therefore, the ongoing care of patients receiving oral anticoagulation with warfarin is likely to be compromised amid this unprecedented crisis. This article discusses a stepwise algorithm for the management of outpatient warfarin therapy. Alternative management strategies are presented and discussed, including alternative pharmacological therapy options and self-monitoring. Our algorithm aims to help clinicians safely optimize the treatment of patients requiring anticoagulation therapy in the context of the global response to the current pandemic.

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