title: Managing ambulatory anticoagulation.
abstract: This overview of the management of ambulatory oral anticoagulant therapy addresses the importance of patient education and highlights tested educational techniques; describes issues of documentation of the patient encounter in the medical record; and reviews drug dosage adjustments, the management of patients with high International Normalized Ratio (INR) values, and the recommended changes of oral anticoagulation for patients who undergo invasive procedures.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA. nwenger@emory.edu
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Wenger
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants