Coagulation Vaccines
Research findings from Center for Health Studies update understanding of coagulation vaccines
Published in Blood Weekly, September 13th, 2007
New research, "Vaccines and changes in coagulation parameters in adults on chronic warfarin therapy: a cohort study," is the subject of a report. "Warfarin is commonly used among patients who receive influenza, pneumococcal, and tetanus and diphtheria toxoid vaccines, and persons on warfarin therapy may also receive Hepatitis A vaccine. There has been concern that vaccinations could potentially alter coagulation parameters in patients on warfarin therapy," researchers in the United States report.
"We sought to determine whether vaccinations are associated with changes in International Normalized Ratio (INR) in persons on long-term warfarin therapy. We conducted a...
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