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Anticoagulant treatment during travel
BMJ 2005; 330 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7486.292 (Published 03 February 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;330:292
Question
How do you manage a patient who has been taking warfarin life long and wants to go on a three month, round the world, cruise? Her international normalised ratio is reasonably stable, but she normally has to be retested every five to six weeks.
Richard J Young, general practitioner
Paston Surgery, Norfolk
Answer
I am by no …
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