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Letters |2 October 2001

Prevention of Bleeding in Older Patients Taking Warfarin

Rebecca J. Beyth, MD, MS; C. Seth Landefeld, MD

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  • Baylor College of Medicine; Houston TX, 77030 (Beyth)
    University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco CA, 94118 (Landefeld)
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We appreciate the comments of Dr. Spyropoulos and agree that there is compelling evidence of the benefits of specialized programs that coordinate management of anticoagulant therapy over “usual care” (1). In addition to the health benefits, the potential economic benefits of an organized process of care for anticoagulant therapy have been noted (2). Since we did not have a nurse- or pharmacist-managed AMS available at our institution, we cannot make any direct comparisons between our intervention and such a management service.
Regarding Dr. Kajubi's comments, we did not routinely measure hematocrit levels in our study, and...
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Beyth RJ, Landefeld CS. Prevention of Bleeding in Older Patients Taking Warfarin. Ann Intern Med. 2001;135:549. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-135-7-200110020-00017

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(7):549.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-7-200110020-00017

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