Critical pathways exist in many hospitals for treating patients with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Some pathways call for “baseline laboratory studies,” including ...
Alere has issued a voluntary correction to users of the Alere INRatio and INRatio 2 PT/INR Monitor system of certain medical conditions that should not be tested with the system (INRatio Monitor ...
When you get a cut, your body jumps into action to keep things from getting out of hand. Cells called platelets get there first to slow the bleeding. Then, a bunch of proteins, called clotting factors ...
INDIANAPOLIS, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Medicare Part B will now cover and pay for meter training, equipment and supplies for all long-term warfarin users who monitor their prothrombin time at home ...
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is producing guidance on using the CoaguChek XS system and the INRatio2 PT/INR monitor in the NHS in England. The Diagnostics Advisory ...
Roche announced the launch of the CoaguChek XS mPOC app for use with the CoaguChek XS meter. The new app makes the Bluetooth-enabled PT/INR reporting offered by CoaguChek Patient Services even more ...
Early use of VKAs was fraught with challenges related to variations in an individual's response to the drug Since the first recorded clinical use of coumarin as an anticoagulant agent in 1941 ...