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| − | '''Coumadin''' (generic '''warfarin''') is an anticoagulant once used to [[Bell Biv DeVoe|poison]] rodents that is now used instead to [[Bell Biv DeVoe|poison]] humans.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/04/16620/ Study: Anticoagulation Initiation Instantly Increases Your Fall Risk (Gomerblog)]</ref> Due to the laborious nature of monitoring and achieving a therapeutic [[PT/INR|INR]], there has been a movement by Coumadin clinics to just [[Minnesota Twins|ballpark]] INR results.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/04/coumadin/ Coumadin Clinic Tired of Drawing Blood, Starts to Just Ballpark INR Results (Gomerblog)]</ref> | + | '''Coumadin''' (generic '''warfarin''') is an anticoagulant once used to [[Bell Biv DeVoe|poison]] rodents that is now used instead to [[Bell Biv DeVoe|poison]] humans.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/04/16620/ Study: Anticoagulation Initiation Instantly Increases Your Fall Risk]</ref> |
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| − | A landmark study on April 3, 2016 showed that starting a person an anticoagulant like '''Coumadin''' immediately increases their risk of falls 120-fold with head trauma "almost guaranteed." Since this study, hospital administrators have a noted a spoke in viewership of the in-hospital, closed-circuit [http://gomerblog.com/2015/11/coumadin-channel/ Coumadin Channel], which was already breaking Nielsen ratings records beforehand.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/11/coumadin-channel/ Hospital Picks Up The Coumadin Channel, Will Bring Back for One More Riveting Seasons (Gomerblog)]</ref> It has also led to the creation of [http://gomerblog.com/2016/10/coumadin-protocol/ Coumadin Gauntlet] by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in order to optimize selection of patients prior to initiation of '''Coumadin'''.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/10/coumadin-protocol/ AANS Now Requires Coumadin Gauntlet Prior to Starting Anticoagulation (Gomerblog)]</ref>
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| − | * [http://gomerblog.com/2017/03/heparin-bridge/ Heparin Bridge]
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| − | * [[Lixiana (Edoxaban)]]
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| − | * [[Lovenox (Enoxaparin)]]
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Revision as of 11:46, 28 September 2016
"It's a good thing I'm on Coumadin..." Coumadin (generic warfarin) is an anticoagulant once used to poison rodents that is now used instead to poison humans.[1]
References
- Jump up ↑ Study: Anticoagulation Initiation Instantly Increases Your Fall Risk
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