title: Anticoagulation clinic versus a traditional warfarin management model.
abstract: Warfarin is the most commonly prescribed oral anticoagulant. The management of warfarin is challenging, and current guidelines fail to include a model to assist practitioners in optimizing therapeutic dosing. The traditional model and the anticoagulation clinic (AC) model of warfarin management were compared and results found the AC model optimum.
authors.affiliation: Tammy L. McGuinn works as an adult gerontology nurse practitioner at Highland Family Practice in Lancaster, PA and is a clinical adjunct professor at York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA. Susan Scherr is a visiting assistant professor of nursing at York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA.
authors.forename: Tammy L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: McGuinn
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scherr
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016903:Drug Monitoring / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin