A group of St. Michael's Hospital researchers has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to help clinicians prescribe warfarin to heart surgery patients. The tool is currently in use at St.

Using genetic testing to help personalize doses of warfarin therapy given to patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery appears to lower the risk of combined adverse events compared with ...

Among patients undergoing hip or knee replacement and treated with the blood thinner warfarin, customizing dosing to a patient's genetic and clinical profile resulted in the prevention of more adverse ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — Pharmacogenetics-based warfarin dosing decreased adverse events compared with clinical-based dosing ...

Warfarin is a blood thinner that is commonly prescribed to patients to prevent life-threatening blood clots. Despite its longtime use, warfarin remains tricky to dose because a person's genetic makeup ...

A new study finds that genetic testing can help determine the safest dose of the blood thinner warfarin, with fewer side effects, in patients having joint replacement surgery. A new study finds that ...

In a large-scale study and an upcoming clinical trial, scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health address one of the trickiest issues in prescribing medicine—how to quickly optimize ...

Digoxin was shown to be dangerous at high levels for atrial fibrillation (Afib) patients in a randomized trial. Meanwhile, another study suggested the benefit of genotyping for better warfarin ...

Warfarin remains a cornerstone oral anticoagulant in the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic disorders, yet its narrow therapeutic index and marked interindividual variability necessitate ...

Daily warfarin dosing requirements clearly decrease with advancing age. To examine the relation between age and warfarin dosing, researchers analyzed data from 101 U.S. sites that were participating ...

Warfarin oral tablet is available as both a generic and brand-name drug. Brand name: Jantoven (Coumadin was discontinued in April 2020). Warfarin comes only as a tablet you take by mouth. Warfarin is ...