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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology • Internal Medicine • Thrombosis • Hematology • Pediatric Hematology • Benign Hematology • Hemostasis/Thrombosis • Cardiology
How is your experience with point-of-care INR systems for home monitoring of vitamin K antagonists?
Are the INRs reliable? In what scenarios would you not recommend POC INR use for warfarin monitoring?
Are these typically covered by insurance? Are they feasible for patient use?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Point of care (POC) INRs are reliable and can be used to monitor patients once their INRs have been stabilized on warfarin. In fact, there is data on better time in the therapeutic range for self-testing and also self-management of dosing. However, this needs to be done in conjunction with a warfari...
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