Key points

This guideline is recommended for managing over warfarinisation with or without bleeding. It also includes guidance on warfarin therapy during invasive procedures.

See full guideline for suggested prothrombinex dosing.

Please note that this guidance is currently undergoing review by Safer Care Victoria to ensure  the content is up to date. In the meantime, we recommend that you also refer to more contemporaneous evidence where possible.

We recommend using the Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis An Update of Consensus Guidelines for Warfarin Reversal

The images below are linked to an easy-to-follow pathway of care for emergency patients presenting on warfarin therapy with a high INR with and without bleeding.

Table outlining the management of patients on warfarin therapy with high INR both with and without bleeding  Table outlining the management of patients on warfarin therapy with high INR both with and without bleeding

 

Get in touch

Clinical Guidance Team
Safer Care Victoria
clinicalguidance@safercare.vic.gov.au

Version history

First published: March 2013
Due for review: March 2016

Full guideline

An Update of Consensus Guidelines for Warfarin Reversal - Australasian Society …

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