what should the inr level be for wire removal?

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What should the INR level be for pacing wire removal?

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Specializes in cardiac/critical care/ informatics.

We say less than 2.0

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Specializes in Critical Care, Cardiothoracics, VADs.

You should have an institutional policy/procedure for removal of pacing wires which dictates this. We have INR

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Specializes in Cardiac, Post Anesthesia, ICU, ER.

We don't have a policy in my hospital as often times we are "needing" the INR to be therapeutic in patients who are S/P Valve replacements, or have had A-fib, nor has any other facility I've ever worked at. I've rarely seen an issue with d/c'ing the wires, and never seen a tamponade that was related to wire removal in nearly 11yrs.

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Specializes in OB, M/S, HH, Medical Imaging RN.
We don't have a policy in my hospital as often times we are "needing" the INR to be therapeutic in patients who are S/P Valve replacements, or have had A-fib, nor has any other facility I've ever worked at. I've rarely seen an issue with d/c'ing the wires, and never seen a tamponade that was related to wire removal in nearly 11yrs.

Our policy is less than 1.5

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