Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
INR or PT Prothrombin time too high?
Mom is 87, on coumadin, and blood test shows prothrombin time of 30, INR is 2.8. Is that safe for an elderly cardiac patient? Her legs are often swollen and painful, too.
2 Answers
- ckm1956Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
For most patient's, that's fine. AFib patients : 2-3, Artificial heart valve patients : 2.5 - 3.5.
These are just basic guides. Different patients may have different ranges. Ask her doctor.
Source(s): PA - Anonymous8 years ago
There are different ranges that the INR is kept at for different kinds of problems. Call her doc or Google whatever condition she has for which she is using the coumadin and see what it says. For example "INR for atrial fibrillation".
