Nursing-home residents are often the frailest members of the geriatric population. These individuals are particularly susceptible to the risks of anticoagulation therapy. This was a retrospective, ...

When Loren Peters arrived in the emergency room in October 2013, bruises covered his frail body, and blood oozed from his gums. The 85-year-old had not been in a fight or fallen down. Instead, he had ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WPVI) -- A new report is raising concerns about drug errors in nursing homes. The report focuses on blood thinners, like Coumadin - or its generic form - warfarin. It has many ...

WASHINGTON - The federal government is asking health inspectors nationwide to be on the lookout for errors by nursing homes in managing the blood thinner Coumadin, including those that lead to patient ...

Warfarin is one of the most widely used anticoagulants in the UK. Patients taking warfarin need regular blood tests to ensure levels remain within therapeutic range. If patients fall below this range, ...

Warfarin’s narrow therapeutic index makes it difficult for some patients to remain in a set therapeutic range. This article describes an intervention whereby specialist anticoagulant nurses work with ...

Arieta, left, and Loren Peters. The use of the drug Coumadin was blamed in Loren Peters' death. For the Washington Post When Loren Peters arrived in the emergency room in October 2013, bruises covered ...

Warfarin oral tablet is available as both a generic and brand-name drug. Brand name: Jantoven (Coumadin was discontinued in April 2020). Warfarin comes only as a tablet you take by mouth. Warfarin is ...

Overview: Warfarin is used to help prevent and treat blood clots, as well as complications from blood clots. It also helps lower the risk of complications after a heart attack. The most common side ...

Blood thinners don’t really thin your blood. They just interrupt your body’s natural clotting process. Warfarin and heparin act on different parts of this process. Doctors usually prescribe warfarin ...

Among patients with active cancer and acute symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE; blood clots in the deep veins), the use of the low molecular-weight heparin tinzaparin daily for 6 months compared ...