Biomaterial Database

[Oral anticoagulant treatment]. 2009

Elodia Melis Tormos

Hospital La Fe de Valencia. elodiamelis@gmail.com

Oral anticoagulant treatment is a preventive measure against thromboembolic disease; while this measure has very beneficial aspects, it is not exempt from risks since it has a few peculiar characteristics such as possible hemorrhages. The increasing number of patients who require anticoagulant medicine means that nurses may have to treat these patients in any forum where nurses work and therefore nurses need to know the traits this treatment measure entails. This article reviews the general characteristics of anticoagulant treatment and nurses' role in controlling this treatment.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006470	Hemorrhage	Bleeding or escape of blood from a vessel.	Bleeding,Hemorrhages
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000284	Administration, Oral	The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth.	Drug Administration, Oral,Administration, Oral Drug,Oral Administration,Oral Drug Administration,Administrations, Oral,Administrations, Oral Drug,Drug Administrations, Oral,Oral Administrations,Oral Drug Administrations
D000925	Anticoagulants	Agents that prevent BLOOD CLOTTING.	Anticoagulant Agent,Anticoagulant Drug,Anticoagulant,Anticoagulant Agents,Anticoagulant Drugs,Anticoagulation Agents,Indirect Thrombin Inhibitors,Agent, Anticoagulant,Agents, Anticoagulant,Agents, Anticoagulation,Drug, Anticoagulant,Drugs, Anticoagulant,Inhibitors, Indirect Thrombin,Thrombin Inhibitors, Indirect
D016903	Drug Monitoring	The process of observing, recording, or detecting the effects of a chemical substance administered to an individual therapeutically or diagnostically.	Monitoring, Drug,Therapeutic Drug Monitoring,Drug Monitoring, Therapeutic,Monitoring, Therapeutic Drug
D019934	International Normalized Ratio	System established by the World Health Organization and the International Committee on Thrombosis and Hemostasis for monitoring and reporting blood coagulation tests. Under this system, results are standardized using the International Sensitivity Index for the particular test reagent/instrument combination used.	INR,International Normalized Ratios,Normalized Ratio, International,Normalized Ratios, International,Ratio, International Normalized,Ratios, International Normalized