Self-Management of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy: A Review

A Method to Determine the Optimal Intensity of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy

1993 • 1,962 citations

Oral anticoagulants: mechanism of action, clinical effectiveness, and optimal therapeutic range.

2001 • 1,801 citations

The CONSORT Statement: Revised Recommendations for Improving the Quality of Reports of Parallel-Group Randomized Trials

2001 • 1,432 citations

Bleeding complications of oral anticoagulant treatment: an inception-cohort, prospective collaborative study (ISCOAT)

1996 • 1,331 citations

Hemorrhagic Complications of Anticoagulant Treatment

2001 • 1,170 citations

Thromboembolic and bleeding complications in patients with mechanical heart valve prostheses.

1994 • 1,053 citations

Anticoagulant-related bleeding: Clinical epidemiology, prediction, and prevention

1993 • 904 citations

Risk Factors for Complications of Chronic Anticoagulation: A Multicenter Study

1993 • 682 citations

Effects of educational interventions for self management of asthma in children and adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis

2003 • 582 citations

Managing Oral Anticoagulant Therapy

2001 • 581 citations

Antithrombotic Therapy in Children

1998 • 441 citations

A Multicomponent Intervention To Prevent Major Bleeding Complications in Older Patients Receiving Warfarin

2000 • 365 citations

A Structured Teaching and Self-management Program for Patients Receiving Oral Anticoagulation<SUBTITLE>A Randomized Controlled Trial</SUBTITLE>

1999 • 362 citations

Glycemic Control and Sliding Scale Insulin Use in Medical Inpatients With Diabetes Mellitus

1997 • 326 citations

Oral anticoagulation self-management and management by a specialist anticoagulation clinic: a randomised cross-over comparison

2000 • 294 citations

Analysis of Warfarin Therapy in Pediatric Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study of 319 Patients

1999 • 286 citations

AREVA: Multicenter Randomized Comparison of Low-Dose Versus Standard-Dose Anticoagulation in Patients With Mechanical Prosthetic Heart Valves

1996 • 233 citations

Multicentre randomised study of computerised anticoagulant dosage

1998 • 228 citations

Bleeding in outpatients treated with warfarin: relation to the prothrombin time and important remediable lesions

1989 • 212 citations

Home Prothrombin Time Monitoring after the Initiation of Warfarin Therapy

1989 • 196 citations

Long-term Patient Self-management of Oral Anticoagulation

1995 • 180 citations

The international normalized ratio. A guide to understanding and correcting its problems

1994 • 172 citations

Assessment of a Bleeding Risk Index in Two Cohorts of Patients Treated with Oral Anticoagulants

1996 • 159 citations

Oral Anticoagulation Therapy in Pediatric Patients: a Prospective Study

1994 • 156 citations

Evolving models of warfarin management: Anticoagulation clinics, patient self-monitoring, and patient self-management

1996 • 155 citations

Relationship between test frequency and outcomes of anticoagulation: a literature review and commentary with implications for the design of randomized trials of patient self-management.

2000 • 154 citations

Evaluation of a Portable Prothrombin Time Monitor for Home Use by Patients Who Require Long-term Oral Anticoagulant Therapy

1993 • 153 citations

Better anticoagulation control improves survival after valve replacement

2002 • 151 citations

Optimal Frequency of Patient Monitoring and Intensity of Oral Anticoagulation Therapy in Valvular Heart Disease.

1998 • 135 citations

A Prospective Controlled Trial Comparing Weekly Self-testing and Self-dosing with the Standard Management of Patients on Stable Oral Anticoagulation

2000 • 134 citations

Characteristics of Anticoagulant Therapy and Comorbidity Related to Overanticoagulation

2001 • 133 citations

International normalized ratio self-management after mechanical heart valve replacement: is an early start advantageous?

2001 • 133 citations

Comparison of the Quality of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy Through Patient Self-management and Management by Specialized Anticoagulation Clinics in the Netherlands

2003 • 122 citations

Thrombotic events during oral anticoagulant treatment: results of the inception-cohort, prospective, collaborative ISCOAT study: ISCOAT study group (Italian Study on Complications of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy).

1997 • 115 citations

Patient self-management of oral anticoagulant care vs. management by specialized anticoagulation clinics: positive effects on quality of life

2004 • 112 citations

Major haemorrhagic complications during oral anticoagulant therapy in a Danish Population‐based cohort

1997 • 106 citations

A randomised controlled trial of patient self management of oral anticoagulation treatment compared with primary care management

2002 • 106 citations

INR Self-Management Permits Lower Anticoagulation Levels After Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement

2003 • 102 citations

Management of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy

1984 • 100 citations

Self management of oral anticoagulant therapy after heart valve replacement

1997 • 98 citations

Accuracy of Laboratory and Portable Monitor International Normalized Ratio Determinations

1995 • 95 citations

Accuracy of a Portable International Normalization Ratio Monitor in Outpatients Receiving Long-Term Oral Anticoagulant Therapy

1998 • 92 citations

A Comparison of Point-of-Care Instruments Designed for Monitoring Oral Anticoagulation with Standard Laboratory Methods

2000 • 92 citations

Self-managed anticoagulation: results from a two-year prospective randomized trial with heart valve patients

2001 • 90 citations

Mitral-valve replacement in children under 6 years of age

2000 • 89 citations

Recommendations for patients undertaking self management of oral anticoagulation

2001 • 87 citations

Capillary Whole Blood Monitoring of Oral Anticoagulants in Children in Outpatient Clinics and the Home Setting

2000 • 82 citations

College of American Pathologists Conference XXXI on laboratory monitoring of anticoagulant therapy: laboratory monitoring of oral anticoagulant therapy.

1998 • 78 citations

Oral Anticoagulant Therapy—50 Years Later

1993 • 71 citations

Multicenter evaluation of a new capillary blood prothrombin time monitoring system

1995 • 71 citations

Cost-Effectiveness of Self-Managed Anticoagulant Therapy in Germany

1999 • 70 citations

Patient self-monitoring of blood glucose and refinements of conventional insulin treatment

1981 • 70 citations

Valve replacement in children less than 5 years of age

1986 • 66 citations

Systematic review of studies of self-management of oral anticoagulation

2004 • 65 citations

State-of-the-Art Patient Self-Management for Control of Oral Anticoagulation

1999 • 65 citations

Reliability of point‐of‐care prothrombin time testing in a community clinic: a randomized crossover comparison with hospital laboratory testing

2002 • 62 citations

Intensified antihypertensive therapy is associated with improved survival in type 1 diabetic patients with nephropathy

1995 • 61 citations

The long-term risk of warfarin sodium therapy and the incidence of thromboembolism in children after prosthetic cardiac valve replacement

1987 • 56 citations

Assessment of Therapeutic Quality Control in a Long-Term Anticoagulant Trial in Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients

1994 • 55 citations

PRACTICABILITY OF PATIENT SELF-TESTING OF ORAL ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY BY THE INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO (INR) USING A PORTABLE WHOLE BLOOD MONITOR. A pilot investigation

1997 • 55 citations

A Comparison of INRs Determined with a Whole Blood Prothrombin Time Device and two International Reference Preparations for Thromboplastin

2000 • 53 citations

Accuracy of a Portable Prothrombin Time Monitor (Coagucheck) in Patients on Chronic Oral Anticoagulant Therapy

2000 • 52 citations

Near‐patient testing devices to monitor oral anticoagulant therapy

2001 • 50 citations

Comparison of Three Methods to Assess Therapeutic Quality Control of Treatment with Vitamin K Antagonists

1999 • 50 citations

Training for patients in a randomised controlled trial of self management of warfarin treatment

2004 • 47 citations

Anticoagulation clinics and patient self-testing for patients on chronic warfarin therapy: A cost-effectiveness analysis.

2000 • 45 citations

Evaluation of the new method COAGUCHEK® for the determination of prothrombin time from capillary blood: Comparison with THROMBOTEST® on KC-1

1995 • 44 citations

Accuracy, Clinical Correlation, and Patient Acceptance of Two Handheld Prothrombin Time Monitoring Devices in the Ambulatory Setting

1999 • 43 citations

A Statistical and Clinical Evaluation of Fingerstick and Routine Laboratory Prothrombin Time Measurements

1997 • 42 citations

Recommended method for reporting therapeutic control of oral anticoagulant therapy. Control of Anticoagulation Subcommittee of the Scientific and Standardization Committee of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

1990 • 42 citations

Accuracy, precision, and quality control for point-of-care testing of oral anticoagulation.

2001 • 41 citations

Accuracy and Precision of the CoaguChek S versus Laboratory INRs in a Clinic

2002 • 39 citations

Whole Blood International Normalization Ratio Measurements in Children Using Near-Patient Monitors

2003 • 35 citations

A primary care evaluation of three near patient coagulometers.

1999 • 35 citations

Self-management of oral anticoagulation in children with congenital heart disease

2001 • 34 citations

Accuracy, reproducibility and clinical utility of the CoaguChek S portable international normalized ratio monitor in an outpatient anticoagulation clinic

2004 • 33 citations

Training of Patients for Self-Management of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy: Standards, Patient Suitability, and Clinical Aspects

1999 • 33 citations

European Concerted Action on Anticoagulation (ECAA): multicentre international sensitivity index calibration of two types of point‐of‐care prothrombin time monitor systems

2002 • 33 citations

Long-term follow-up of the St. Jude medical prosthesis in pediatric patients

1995 • 32 citations

The Future of Anticoagulation Clinics

2003 • 32 citations

Feasibility and patients' acceptance of Home Automated Telemanagement of oral anticoagulation therapy.

2003 • 32 citations

Update of clinical trials from the American College of Cardiology 2003. EPHESUS, SPORTIF‐III, ASCOT, COMPANION, UK‐PACE and T‐wave alternans

2003 • 31 citations

Biological variation of International Normalized Ratio for prothrombin times, and consequences in monitoring oral anticoagulant therapy: computer simulation of serial measurements with goal-setting for analytical quality

1997 • 28 citations

Self-management of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy for Mechanical Heart Valve Patients

2001 • 26 citations

European Concerted Action on Anticoagulation. Use of Plasma Samples to Derive International Sensitivity Index for Whole-Blood Prothrombin Time Monitors

2002 • 24 citations

Oral anticoagulant treatment in children based on monitoring at home

2004 • 22 citations

A comparison between capillary and venous blood international normalized ratio determinations in a portable prothrombin time device

2000 • 22 citations

A self control method for long term anticoagulation therapy.

1974 • 21 citations

Comparative Study of a Portable Monitor for Prothrombin Time Determination, Coaguchek<sup>®</sup>, with Three Systems for Control of Oral Anticoagulant Treatment

1998 • 20 citations

The quality of oral anticoagulation before, during and after a period of patient self-management

2002 • 20 citations

Potential dosing errors using portable prothrombin time monitoring devices

2003 • 20 citations

Indications and drugs for anticoagulation therapy in children

1996 • 20 citations

Mechanical valve replacement under 12 years of age: 15 years of experience.

1995 • 18 citations

Comparative study of two portable systems for oral anticoagulant monitoring

2004 • 17 citations

Quality assurance program for whole blood prothrombin time–international normalized ratio point-of-care monitors used for patient self-testing to control oral anticoagulation

2004 • 17 citations

Outpatient Use of a Portable International Normalized Ratio/Prothrombin Time Monitor

1994 • 17 citations

Clinical impact of interlaboratory variation in International Normalized Ratio determinations

2001 • 16 citations

Reliability, validity and ease of use of a portable point-of-care coagulation device in a pharmacist-managed anticoagulation clinic.

2002 • 15 citations

Prospective evaluation of the quality of oral anticoagulation management in an outpatient clinic and in general practices

2002 • 14 citations

Patient self-management of oral anticoagulation

2002 • 13 citations

Precision of Patients’ Measurements of the International Normalized Ratio (INR) Using a Patient Operated Whole Blood Home Coagulometer

1998 • 13 citations

Precision of INR measured with a patient operated whole blood coagulometer

2003 • 12 citations

Self-Management of Oral Anticoagulants with a Whole Blood Prothrombin-Time Monitor in Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

2002 • 12 citations

Inaccuracy of international normalized ratio (INR) measurements and suggestions for improved WHO guidelines for calibration of reference preparations – a statistical study

2003 • 12 citations

Comparative Study of a Portable Prothrombin Time Monitor Employing Three Different Systems in Oral Anticoagulant Units

2001 • 11 citations

Treatment of venous thromboembolism with the oral thrombin inhibitor, ximelagatran.

2002 • 11 citations

INR comparison between the CoaguChek® Pro PTN and a standard laboratory method

2004 • 10 citations

Minimum Numbers of Fresh Whole Blood and Plasma Samples From Patients and Healthy Subjects for ISI Calibration of CoaguChek and RapidPointCoag Monitors

2002 • 10 citations

European Concerted Action on Anticoagulation: Minimum Numbers of Lyophilized Plasma Samples for ISI Calibration of CoaguChek and TAS Point-of-Care Whole Blood Prothrombin Time Monitors

2003 • 8 citations

Workshop: Patient Self-Management: Update of Ongoing Studies in Sweden.

1998 • 7 citations

Monitoring Oral Anticoagulant Therapy: Measuring Coagulant Activity

2000 • 7 citations

Dimensions of Quality of Life and Self-Monitoring Therapy with Oral Anticoagulants-Still Research or Everyday Practice?

1999 • 5 citations

Accuracy of international normalized ratio determined by portable venous-blood coagulation monitor versus a central laboratory.

2003 • 4 citations