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Quality of anticoagulation and use of warfarin-interacting medications in long-term care: A chart review
BMC Clinical Pharmacology, 07/15/08

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Verhovsek M et al. - In this group of long-term care residents, warfarin control was suboptimal. Both prescriber and co-prescription of interacting medications were associated with poorer INR control. Future studies should seek strategies to improve prescriber skill and decrease use of interacting medications.

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