Authors say findings warrant re-examining approach to managing anticoagulation in older adults.

Bleeding rates were similar between patients with INR levels above and below 3.0. Notably, patients with lower-than-recommended INR levels had the highest rates of brain bleeding—nearly 20%.

Warfarin is considered especially challenging because maintaining safe blood-thinning levels – measured by the International Normalized Ratio (INR) – can be difficult.

Authors say findings warrant re-examining approach to managing anticoagulation in older adults. (HealthDay News) — Having a supratherapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) while taking ...