Discrepancy between capillary and venous International normalised Ratio (INR) in a patient on vitamin-K antagonist: Potentially serious clinical consequences

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 688-689

  Abramowski, Sophie Waldvogel ^a   Boehlen, Françoise ^a   Reber, Guido ^a   de Moerloose, Philippe ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIVITAMIN K; PHENPROCOUMON;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VENOUS BLOOD;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CAPILLARIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MIDDLE AGED; VEINS; VITAMIN K;

EID: 33751211519     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-08-0448     Document Type: Article

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