UK NEQAS for BLOOD COAGULATION

Near Patient/Point of Care INR  Testing Meeting

10th November 2009, Mercure St Paul’s Hotel, Sheffield

P R O G R A M M E

(Click on the bottons to the right to see the abstratc or full presentation - passwords are needed to see the full presentation)

Which devices are available: Advantages and disadvantages Abstract Presentation
C Gardiner, University College Hospital, London, UK.  
   
How to get reliable results Abstract Presentation
E Murray, Department of General Practice, University of Birmingham, UK  
   
Laboratory and POC INR results: Which to believe? Abstract Presentation
D Kitchen, UK NEQAS Blood coagulation, UK  
   
Management of over anticoagulated patients Abstract Presentation
M Makris, Sheffield Haemostasis and Thrombosis, Centre, Sheffield, UK  
   
Debate: Oral anticoagulant therapy is best supervised in Primary Care  
For:                  D Fitzmaurice, University of Birmingham, UK Abstract Presentation
Against:            S Machin, University College Medical School, London UK Abstract Presentation
   
Anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation Abstract Presentation
G Lowe, Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK  
   
Duration of anticoagulant therapy following first VTE Abstract Presentation
C Tait, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK  
   
Bridging anticoagulation for invasive procedures Abstract Presentation
R Maclean, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust UK  
   
New anticoagulant drugs Abstract Presentation
Henry Watson, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland, UK