whether warfarin patients should get HIGHER loading doses and LESS frequent INR monitoring

June 2012

You'll hear debate about whether warfarin patients should get HIGHER loading doses and LESS frequent INR monitoring.

This controversy is coming from the new Chest guidelines.

Loading doses. The new guidelines suggest a 10 mg loading dose for SOME patients...and this is being misinterpreted to mean for everyone.

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