Review Article
The Role of Anticoagulation Clinics in the Era of New Oral Anticoagulants
Table 3
Patients management: comparison between NOA and AVK clinical actions.
| | | AVK | NOA |
| | Visit (anamnesis, physical examination) | Yes | Yes | | Prescription (clinical indication, posology) | Yes | Yes | | Information/education | Yes | Yes | | Frequent lab coagulation monitoring | Yes | No | | Renal function control | No | Yes | | Dosing adjustment | Yes | No | | Adherence/compliance control | No (routinely evaluated) | Yes | | Management in special situations (surgery/complications) | Yes | Yes | | Clinical periodical control | No (routinely evaluated) | Yes | Lab testing to support clinical and therapeutical intervention in specific condition
| Yes | Yes (under evaluation) |
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