Patients' perspectives on self-testing of oral anticoagulation therapy: Content analysis of patients' internet blogs

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patients on oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) require regular testing of the prothrombin time (PT) and the international normalised ratio (INR) to monitor their blood coagulation level to avoid complications of either over or under co...

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Main Authors: Robinson Ian, Shah Syed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-02-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/25