Prothrombin, a liver-produced protein, is amongst the clotting factors crucial for blood clot formation. When injuries induce bleeding, these clotting factors collaborate to facilitate clotting. The ...

How much effect does the vitamin K content of green leafy vegetables have on prothrombin time/international normalized ratio (INR) results? —GEORGE KRONER, PA-C, Cary, N.C. Reducing the amount of ...

Critical pathways exist in many hospitals for treating patients with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Some pathways call for “baseline laboratory studies,” including ...

To investigate the relationship between free triiodothyronine (FT3) and the international normalized ratio (the ratio of the prothrombin time of a patient to the normal sample, INR) in Chinese ...

Alere has issued a voluntary correction to users of the Alere INRatio and INRatio 2 PT/INR Monitor system of certain medical conditions that should not be tested with the system (INRatio Monitor ...

A concerned daughter brings her father to a hospital as her father noticed blood in his stools. He also had large bleeding patches on the back of the chest and thighs. She recalls that her father is ...