Anticoagulation in clinical practice - Part 1 - oral anticoagulation
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anticoagulation, oral anticoagulation warfarin, international normalised ratio, vitamin KAbstract
The authors review, in the flrstpart of the theme anticoagulation, the use of anticoagulants in clinical practice, namely oral anticoagulation in article. ln general anticoagulation is essential to try to prevent thromboembolic events in risk situations. ln particular, oral anticoagulants, owing to their easy administration and monitoring allow long-term anticoagulation. As in the use of any drug, it is important to know the correct administration, necessary monitoring and adverse effects, of these drugs. These issues are reviewed briefly in this paper. Nowadays, oral anticoagulants are widely used, however there are still new indications appearingfor their use.
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