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Compared to those under 35 yrs old, 75 and older patients require how much warfarin?

View Poll Results: Compared to those under 35 yrs old, 75 and older patients require how much warfarin?
Older patients require more warfarin than younger patients in order to achieve an equivalent INR	1	25.00%
Age does not affect how much warfarin is necessary to achieve the target INR	0	0%
Patients over 75 require less than half the warfarin to achieve an equivalent INR compared to patients < 35	3	75.00%
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October 15th, 2002, 09:04

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Compared to those under 35 yrs old, 75 and older patients require how much warfarin?

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"For example, patients > 75 years need less than half the daily warfarin dose of patients aged < 35 for an equivalent level of anticoagulation"

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