International Normalized Ratio/Related Articles
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
- See also changes related to International Normalized Ratio, or pages that link to International Normalized Ratio or to this page or whose text contains "International Normalized Ratio".
Parent topics
- Coagulation [r]: The process of the interaction of blood coagulation factors that results in an insoluble fibrin clot. [e]
- Prothrombin time [r]: Clotting time of plasma recalcified in the presence of excess tissue thromboplastin, which measures the interactions of fibrinogen, prothrombin, Factor V, Factor VII and Factor X [e]
- Partial thromboplastin time [r]: (PTT) A measurement of the ability of blood to coagulate; reported in combination with the prothrombin time (PT) and with the International Normalized Ratio, a calculation that corrects the PT and PTT for reagent and laboratory variation [e]
- World Health Organization [r]: United Nations' agency for health, focussing on the control and prevention of diseases, and the support for international health programs. [e]
Subtopics
- Anticoagulant [r]: Agents that prevent blood clotting. [e]
- Aspirin [r]: Common analgesic used for treating mild to moderate pain; protective against blood clots and heart disease when administered indefinitely in low doses [e]
- Clopidrogel [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Heparin [r]: Used in vitro and in vivo as an anticoagulant, a highly acidic mucopolysaccharide formed of equal parts of sulfated D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid with sulfaminic bridges [e]
- Warfarin [r]: Rat poison also used as anticoagulant medication to prevent embolism and thrombosis [e]
- John Dickinson [r]: (November 8, 1732 – February 14, 1808) American lawyer and politician who was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a representative to the Continental Congress, and a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787. [e]
- International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry [r]: A non-governmental scientific organization serving to advance all aspects of the chemical sciences and to contribute to the international application of chemistry by scientists, engineers and others. [e]
- Ancrod [r]: An enzyme fraction from the venom of the Malayan pit viper, Agkistrodon rhodostoma, which affects components of coagulation including fibrinogen; used clinically to produce controlled defibrination in patients requiring anticoagulant therapy. [e]