Warfarin

is a medical condition which occurs due to reduced or interrupted blood supply to the brain therefore causing death of brain cells as a result of inadequate oxygen and nutrient supply. Steves condition may have possibly resulted due to adhere to warfarin treatment therefore causing artery blockage (ischemic stroke). This type of stroke results when arteries supplying blood to the brain are blocked or narrowed causing reduced blood flow. This is as a result of thrombus formation in the arteries…

ages now, many Health Care Providers prescribes anticoagulant medicines such as Warfarin also known as Coumadin to prevent clot from forming, developing, and dislodging through the blood vessels. Recently, a newer medications for anticoagulant has been prescribed and now are now popular and more convenient than Warfarin, the drugs are “Xarelto, Eliquis and Pradaxa”, and they are considered to be much safer than Warfarin. (News Medical: Life Sciences and Medicine,…

pulmonary embolism in patients suffering from atrial fibrillation. According to a study published in Thrombosis, a peer-reviewed medical journal, rivaroxaban proves to be just as effective at cerebrovascular accident and pulmonary embolism prevention as warfarin (Gómez-Outes et al., 2013). Rivaroxaban has also been approved for the prevention of venous thromboembolism and deep vein thrombosis in individuals who have undergone hip or knee replacement surgery. Rivaroxaban is available as an oral…

Patients are responsible to do their own self-monitoring for signs and symptoms associated with their medical condition. An example of the self-monitoring would be with a client that has atrial fibrillation. The client’s medication is changed from Warfarin, which requires lab monitoring, to one of the new anti-coagulants Xarelto or Pradaxa. The clients will not have the lab monitoring associated with the former treatment, so they will need to…

is comprised of a combination of anticoagulants (heparin, enoxaparin and warfarin) given at the same time to prevent further clot formation, most especially pulmonary embolism (Schreiber, 2015). Additionally, these anticoagulants are given together to prevent morbidity as well as decreasing the risk of developing postphlebitic syndrome (Schreiber, 2015). Furthermore, these medications need to be given together with warfarin until the international normalized ratio (INR) level is considered as…

His current medications include metformin (Glucophage), insulin human regular (HumuLIN R), warfarin (Coumadin), furosemide (Lasix), carvedilol (Coreg), captopril (Capoten), potassium (KDur), thiamine (Thiamilate), multi-vitamin (One-A-Day), trazadone (Desyrel), moxifloxicin (Avelox), amiodarone (Cardarone), and a nitroglycerin patch (Nitro-Dur). The ECG revealed that the distal two thirds of the left ventricle were akinetic, and his cardiac catheterization revealed that he had an 80% occlusion…

medications or other crimes to try to pay for these expensive drugs that they need to increase their quality life. For example, patients who need Warfarin, a blood thinner drug to prevent strokes and heart attacks. If they cannot afford this medicine, their health and life is in danger because to people who are at risk for a heart attack or stroke, Warfarin is a lifesaving medication. These inflated prices affect mostly the under-served populations and the elderly community. Most people from low…

requires “individualized patient dosage“ (www.rxlist.com) as each patient’s international normalized response (INR) will be different. However, according Physicans Desk Reference (www.pdr.net), adults who do not have any known risks for enhanced INR to warfarin may take two to five milligrams (2-5 mg) by mouth, once daily. Depending…

he had a slow stream, hesitancy, and nocturia x3. The patient is diabetic, suffers from hypertension, and has a history of CVA and MI. A cardiac stent placement, pacemaker placement. He has poor vascularization of the left leg. He had been on warfarin, which was discontinued 5 days prior to the procedure. _____ scan, then _____ (blank) to show that his digital _____ (563, or of 63), and up to 800, despite the Flomax, and the Proscar that he was on. He also had an abdominal aortogram and…

Pulmonary Embolism (PE) is a serious and oftentimes life threatening condition that is sadly easily treatable if caught early. The definition of Pulmonary Embolism is a blockage or thrombi in one of the pulmonary arteries of your lungs (Pulmonary Embolism). Most of these thrombi originate in the veins in your lower extremities; though sometimes the thrombi can come from upper extremity veins, renal, pelvic, or right heart chambers, instead. Once in the pulmonary arteries, large thrombi sometimes…