International Normalized Ratio, a Useful Tool in Oral Anticoagulant Therapy

• Main Authors: Dinorah Herenia Mulet Batista (Author), Carlos Ramírez Pérez (Author), Gladis Abreu Sera (Author), Juan Pérez Mir (Author), Jesús Alberto Pérez González (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The international normalized ratio (INR) is the primary tool for assessing patients undergoing oral anticoagulant therapy. It was created from the need of standardizing the different types of thromboplastins, regardless of their origin, from which the figures of the true anticoagulation state desire...