Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Aug 2018
Observational StudyClotting-Factor Concentrations 5 Days After Discontinuation of Warfarin.
The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine guidelines recommend discontinuation of warfarin and an international normalized ratio (INR) of 1.2 or less before a neuraxial injection. The European and Scandinavian guidelines accept an INR of 1.4 or less. We evaluated INR and levels of clotting factors (CFs) II, VII, IX, and X 5 days after discontinuation of warfarin. ⋯ Based on 40% activity of CFs, patients with INRs of 1.2 or less can be considered to have adequate CFs to undergo neuraxial injections. The number of patients with an INR of 1.3 and 1.4 is too small to make conclusions.