Warfarin dose assessment every 4 weeks versus every 12 weeks in patients with stable international normalized ratios: a randomized trial.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on November 15, 2011

Authors

Sam Schulman1, Sameer Parpia, Clare Stewart, Lisa Rudd-Scott, Jim A Julian, Mark Levine

Author Affiliations

1: McMaster University, Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, and Ontario Clinical Oncology Group, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. schulms@mcmaster.ca

Associated clinical trials:

Prolongation of the Interval Between Monitoring of Warfarin in Stable Patients | NCT00356759

Prolongation of the Interval Between Prothrombin Time Tests in Stable Patients II (PRINT-II) | NCT01654042

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