Anticoagulant

1) Anila K N and Emmanuel J (2013 A) conducted a study on Impact of a clinical pharmacist in improving knowledge on cardiology out patients about anticoagulants, in AIMS health care campus, Kerala. In this study the interventional group received an additional care by the clinical pharmacist and was compared with a controlled group which received only the usual care of the physician. At the end of the study it was found that the patient’s awareness of the INR values is correlated with improved…

mechanical prophylaxis will promote the prevention of VTE. Pharmacological prophylactics such as anticoagulants are vastly used in preventing VTE in…

gauge the patient’s coagulation factors (Guidelines for the Management of Anticoagulant,…

MI when compared with anticoagulant therapy alone. Increased risk of bleeding. Warfarin, dabigatran, and apixaban are all indicated for the prevention of recurrent stroke in patients with nonvalvular AFIB, paroxysmal or permanent. Choose drug based on risk factors, patient preference cost, the potential for drug interactions, tolerability, renal function. Rivaroxaban is acceptable for the prevention of stroke reoccurrence in patients with nonvalvular AFIB. Use anticoagulant /antiplatelet…

Primary prevention is defined as preventing the onset of disease through interventions that are applied before there is any evidence of disease or injury. Examples of such prevention include things like vaccination. By this definition, a primary preventative strategy for this patient would be recognising that he had several risk factors for his stroke and aiming to prevent the stroke before it happened. He is beyond that stage now but if he was given an intervention before his first stroke in…

Thromboembolism has become a major cause of maternal death and warfarin is a proven medication for this disease, however the risks are so great for the developing fetus, that mothers are forced to resort to heparin, a non-vitamin K dependent anticoagulant (5). Because it is such a severe issue and affects people differently, the treatments are not a guaranteed cure. Warfarin does aid with the issue, but it offers fluctuation in coagulation. The blood can do one of two things, insufficient or…

After electrical cardioversion, the doctor may prescribe anti-arrhythmic medications to help prevent future episodes of atrial fibrillation. Medications may include: dofetilde (Tikosyn), flecainide, propafenone (Rythmol), amiodarone (Cordarone, Pacerone), and sotalol (Betapace, Sorine). Although these drugs may help maintain a normal heart rhythm, they can cause side effects, including: nausea, dizziness, and fatigue. Rarely, they may cause ventricular arrhythmias – life-threatening rhythm…

1. INTRODUCTION Warfarin is a most common Anticoagulant in prevention and treatment of thromboembolic events despite the availability of new drugs such as Novel Oral Anticoagulants due to its affordability. The establishment of the International Normalized Ratio (INR) helps to guide the dosing requirement for patients receiving the warfarin therapy. However, over-anticoagulation leads to adverse events such as haemorrhage while thromboembolic events can happen even at a recommended dose.…

Introduction Due to the ever growing population urban areas are predicted to grow by a significant amount in the near future due to the increasing human population. The housing built to deal with the expanding human population is likely to high-density, low- cost housing with small gardens. An experiment was done to see the effect this will have. In an experiment they used a questionnaire to analyse the factors affecting the use of gardens by a number of different mammals. They recorded 22…

It prevents blood clotting, heart failure, and helps it work more efficient. Anticoagulants are used to thin blood clots. Heparin is a type of anticoagulants. Aspirin helps to prevent clots from forming in blood vessels. There is also medically prescribed drugs that help thin the blood. If the blood is thin, then there is less chance of blood clotting to occur. This medically prescribed drug is also called Anticoagulants. Its also used to thin blood clots when they are formed. There are many…