title: [Self-management in anticoagulant therapy--implications for the future?].
abstract: Recent meta-analysis has demonstrated that self-management in oral anticoagulant therapy results in fewer thromboembolic complications and a decrease in mortality in comparison to conventional treatment, while the number of bleeding complications remains unchanged. We discuss the importance of these findings for the situation in the Netherlands with its specialized anticoagulation clinics and the possible consequences for the introduction of new anticoagulants like dabigatran and rivaroxaban.
authors.affiliation: Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd. Trombose en Hemostase, Trombosedienst Leiden en Omstreken, Leiden, the Netherlands. f.j.m.van_der_meer@lumc.nl
authors.forename: Felix J M
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: van der Meer
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D019934:International Normalized Ratio; D012646:Self Administration; D012648:Self Care; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants