Dental management of a child on anticoagulant therapy and the International Normalized Ratio: case report.
A 7-year-old girl with a history of four prosthetic heart valve replacements and daily anticoagulant therapy was treated with modification of the anticoagulant regimen and hospitalization. Coagulation times now are being expressed using the International Normalized Ratio (INR), a move by the international medical community to standardized laboratory values worldwide. This report describes this new measure and its role in patient assessment.
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Children's Hospital & Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.
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D002648:Child; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004437:Ebstein Anomaly; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011517:Prothrombin Time; D012015:Reference Standards; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014261:Tricuspid Valve; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014859:Warfarin; D004176:Dipyridamole