(HealthDay)—For stable warfarin-treated patients, extended international normalized ratio (INR) testing can be successfully and safely implemented, according to a study published online May 15 in the ...

New Orleans, LA - Results of a new randomized comparison shows that weekly home INR monitoring is safe but did not reduce stroke, major bleeds, or death when compared with monthly clinic-based INR ...

Despite the recent Veteran Affairs (VA) Medical Center randomized clinical trial reporting that INR self-testing did not reduce major bleeding complication rates or onset of new strokes, there are ...

A new recall has been issued CoaguChek XS PT test strips, used to monitor international normalized ratio (INR) in patients taking warfarin, due to inaccurately high readings. Roche Diagnostics ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded that inaccurate results from the point-of-care device used to measure international normalized ratio (INR) values in warfarin-treated patients ...

Globally, how many patients are estimated to be taking Warfarin and what are the main reasons the drug is prescribed? There are roughly 10 million people worldwide taking Warfarin, accounting for more ...

Alere announced a voluntary Class 1 recall of the Alere INRatio2 PT/INR Professional Test Strips due to significantly different test results between the Alere INRatio2 PT/INR Professional Test Strips ...

Patients taking the oral anticoagulant drug warfarin (Coumadin) or being given heparin injections and their in-office and home healthcare teams should check the brand of their PT/INR test strips and ...

Similar number of out-of-range next INR values for patients with, without extended testing interval (HealthDay News) — For stable warfarin-treated patients, extended international normalized ratio ...