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I came across this website today and am astonished with there attitudes/ego's. The website is http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=497952 The website is very large and is for medical students and interns for various medical fields. I posted some of the facts about my father's...

There have been a lot of postings recently concerning Bridging, Elective, and Invasive procedures. Quite a few of the postings are from newer members not around in 2004 when my father, Warren K Mead had his stroke following an elective screening colonoscopy. I sent a pm to Ross and he agreed...

PERIOP 2 - A Safety and Effectiveness Study of LMWH Bridging Therapy Versus Placebo Bridging Therapy for Patients on Long Term Warfarin and Require Temporary Interruption of Their Warfarin. http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00432796;jsessionid=5D26271901A82E84291FF9D0EFE4774B?order=15...

I posted this under Today Show Lies but thought it deserved it's own thread: I thought that I had posted the following article a while back. I searched all my post's and could'nt find it. It is a study conducted by Harvard about older physician's (not age but time in practice) and not following...

For those familiar with my father's stroke in March 2004 from stopping coumadin 4 full day's prior to colonoscopy as instructed by the Gastro without any bridge, here is that Gastroenterology Groups new instructions for patients on anticoagulants. Of interesting note is the fact that during the...

This physician received 2 year probation for anticoagulation mismanagement. This is from the Arizona Medical Board Wednesday, February 7, 2007 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 9:30 a.m. ROLL CALL The following Board Members were present: Patrick N. Connell, M.D., Robert P...

very interesting article on home monitoring for prosthetic heart valve dysfunction. http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/short/83/2/542?rss=1

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/19512.html

http://www.acponline.org/journals/news/july06/anticoagulant.htm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15226166&query_hl=6&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Interesting article about mechanical clips to prevent bleeding. http://www.rxpgnews.com/research/gastroenterology/article_4315.shtml

Dad passed peacefully this morning at 1:45 His 28 month ordeal is finally over and I know he is in a better place. Thanks so much to all of you for your support. I couldn't have made it through without all of you.

Dad is in the hospital again. Wed evening his blood pressure was 70/40 so the nursing home sent him to the ER. When he got to the ER his INR was 1.3. His INR on Thur was 1.5. Friday it was 1.3. Before going to the ER his last four INR's were 1.8, 2.1, 1.7, and 2.4. The day before going to ER...

Have any of you been given written informed consent when placed on long term anticoagulation whether it be from primary care physician or anitcoagulation clinic. If so could you post the information please. Thanks Warren R

This study was conducted at The McConnell Health and Heart center in Columbus ohio. It seems like they left out a lot of important facts. 6. Relationship between INR and adverse events in patients treated at an anticoagulation clinic. Snow R, LaLonde M, Hindman L, Knoell K, Jennings M, Hyek...

Most of you are familiar with the circumstances with my father's stroke. I had not thought much about it until the other day when I got a lab bill for my father's INR lab test's. The long term care facility is testing his INR 2 times per week. I questioned one of the nurses about it and she...

I see from the small talk forum that there are a lot of cat lovers here. Are any of you familiar with the Bengal cat breed. I currently have 2 cats. One born in 1987 and the other born 1990. A recent visit to the Vet indicated both are going through beginning stages of kidney failure and...

Lot of talk here lately about bridging. It seems that most of you think that if your doctor bridges you for a procedure that everything will be fine. Here is my point. Most of the procedures everyone is talking about are low bleed risk procedures ie. ablation, root canal, screening...

Got a call from the nursing home today telling me that my father's INR was 8.7 They are holding his coumadin until Monday when they get new lab results. That means none Sat, Sun, and maybe Mon depending what time they get new INR. What is the protocol for high INR? At what point is it dangerous?

Some of you are familiar with my father's stroke after a screening colonoscopy. For those of you that are not, here is what happened in a nutshell. Father stopped coumadin 4 full day's before procedure. Several hours after procedure a clot broke away from his St Jude Mech Mitral Valve. He...

I am seriously thinking about writing a book for people that take coumadin. Not just heart valve patient's but for patients taking it for AFIB, DVT, etc.etc. The book would include exerpt's from all the major medical associations mainly in the area of perioperative anticoagulation management...