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Anticoagulation - oral - Management
Basis for recommendation
- Recommendations for international normalized ratios (INRs) are based on Guidelines on oral anticoagulation (warfarin): third edition — 2005 update, published by the British Committee for Standards in Haematology [Baglin et al, 2006], and are consistent with the British National Formulary [BNF 57, 2009], and guidance issued by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence [NICE, 2006].
- Practical advice for the prescription of warfarin is based on recommendations from the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) and are intended to promote safer use [National Patient Safety Agency, 2007].
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