Research progress on strategies to improve patients′ adherence to anticoagulation with warfarin after mechanical heart- valve replacement

VernacularTitle:心脏瓣膜置换术后患者华法林依从性改善策略的研究进展
Author: Chunhua HUANG ¹ ; Bei XUE ; Xiaorui LIU
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1. 200030,上海交通大学附属胸科医院心外科
Keywords: Mechanical heart-valve replacement; Warfarin; Anticoagulation; Adherence
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2017;33(25):1996-1999
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: It is reviewed in this article that the current situation of patients′ adherence to anticoagulation with warfarin after mechanical heart-valve replacement and the measures to improve the situation. Now the adherence situation of the patients is not satisfying to some extent. There are many things we can do to improve the adherence of patients and get a better anticoagulant effect, such as enhancing the health education according to the different background of patients, strengthening the social and psychological support, carrying out effective follow-up and information communication with the patients, the use of the medicine branch box, importing the foreign managing model of self-test and self-manage, expanding the special outpatient service for anticoagulation instruction. We may get a better adherence of anticoagulation with warfarin and improve the prognosis of patients.