num_pages: 288
description: Warfarin and related drugs have been used for over a half a century in the prevention and treatment of thrombotic disorders. Only recently, however, has their clinical role been firmly established by randomized studies and their benefit/risk ratio improved by lower dose therapy withimprovement in laboratory monitoring.Oral Anticoagulants is the first comprehensive, practical survey of the subject available. An international team of well-known experts provide detailed coverage on mode of action, clinical pharmacodynamics, magnitude and sources of variability in individual response to oral anticoagulants, methodsof individualizing dosing regiments, laboratory monitoring, and a comparison between the different currently prescribed oral anticoagulants.
language: English
title: Oral Anticoagulants: Chemical and Biological Properties and Clinical Applications
titlecomplete: Oral Anticoagulants: Chemical and Biological Properties and Clinical Applications
publisher: Hodder Education Publishers