Do you report an accurate international normalized ratio? Find out using local verification and calibration

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 176-181

  Marlar, Richard A ^a,b   Gausman, Jana N ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coumadin; INR; Oral anticoagulants; Prothrombin time; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; HEPARIN; PROTHROMBIN; REAGENT; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; THROMBOPLASTIN; WARFARIN;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITATIVE VALIDITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79952514740     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: 19437730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/LM36LUSEDXEH0GCV     Document Type: Short Survey

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