Warfarin anticoagulation after total hip or total knee replacement: Clinical and resource-utilization outcomes in a university-based antithrombosis clinic

• Published in: American journal of health-system pharmacy Vol. 70; no. 5; pp. 423 - 430
• Main Authors: NUTESCU, Edith A, BAUTISTA, Adriana, WEIHUA GAO, GALANTER, William L, SCHUMOCK, Glen T, MODY, Samir H, BOOKHART, Brahim K, LAMBERT, Bruce L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 01.03.2013; American Society of Health Pharmacists; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Academic Medical Centers - statistics & numerical data; Academic Medical Centers - trends; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Ambulatory Care Facilities - statistics & numerical data; Ambulatory Care Facilities - trends; Anticoagulants - therapeutic use; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip - trends; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - trends; Biological and medical sciences; Blood clot; Blood. Blood coagulation. Reticuloendothelial system; Cohort Studies; Complications and side effects; Dosage and administration; Drug therapy; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health Resources - statistics & numerical data; Health Resources - trends; Humans; International Normalized Ratio - trends; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Prevention; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; Thrombosis; Treatment Outcome; Venous Thromboembolism - epidemiology; Venous Thromboembolism - prevention & control; Warfarin; Warfarin - therapeutic use; Young Adult; United States; Human; Warfarin; Total knee arthroplasty; Prognosis; Coumarine derivatives; Cardiovascular disease; Anticoagulant; Venous disease; Vascular disease; Prevention; Antivitamin K; Hip prosthesis; Orthopedic surgery; Treatment; Venous thrombosis; Thromboembolism

Clinical and resource-utilization outcomes associated with warfarin anticoagulation after major orthopedic surgery were evaluated. Consecutive patients who received postsurgical prophylaxis with warfarin within 24 hours of total knee replacement (TKR) or total hip replacement (THR) surgery and who w...