Eddie_T

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1. PT/INR instant results? Accurate?

   Eddie_T replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

   With our continuing interest in home testing my wife's cardiologist and INR nurses are going to move her to the [/url]CoaguChek XS sysrem to see if it works best for her.

2. PT/INR instant results? Accurate?

   Eddie_T replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

   We are trying to get back into the game, today the meter gave us 2.9 and the lab 3.1. We are suggesting to the cardiologist that we test up to twice weekly, Alere thinks Medicare and BCBS will cover if prescribed by the doctor. For example the 2.9 is...

3. PT/INR instant results? Accurate?

   Eddie_T replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

   Ruby, thanks for the info, we are going to ask the INR nurses if we can give the meter another chance testing as you recommend. My wife says she is only at a 3 on the Auto-Lancet so she will up it rather than squeezing. Another thought, since she ha...

4. PT/INR instant results? Accurate?

   Eddie_T replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

   With further research I find that standing vs sitting can have an effect as can milking. She always has to squeeze to get the drop and has squeezed twice to get the drop and also placed a second drop when the first wasn't adequate. My wife has always...

5. PT/INR instant results? Accurate?

   Eddie_T replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

   I am an engineer not a nurse but have some inr home testing experience. My wife has A-fib and a mitral valve prosthesis. She also has inr instability which adds to the testing dilemma. We used the INRatio meter (strips do not require refrigeration) f...