American Family Physician Offers Guide to Outpatient Anticoagulation Therapy

A guide for managing outpatient anticoagulation therapy appears in the current issue of American Family Physician.
The article covers the indications for warfarin and low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) therapy, initiating therapy, therapy duration, therapeutic goals, and troubleshooting common issues. The recommendations are largely based on evidence-based practice guidelines from the Seventh American College of Chest Physicians Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.
(Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine reviewed the prophylaxis of thromboembolism in hospitalized patients.)

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