A cross-sectional evaluation of five warfarin anticoagulation services in Uganda and South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Warfarin is the most commonly prescribed oral anticoagulant in sub-Saharan Africa and requires ongoing monitoring. The burden of both infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases is high and medicines used to treat comorbidities may interact with warfarin. We describe service provision, patient characteristics, and anticoagulation control at selected anticoagulation clinics in Uganda and South Africa.

Methods

We evaluated two outpatient anticoagulation services in Kampala, Uganda and three in Cape Town, South Africa between 1 January and 31 July 2018. We collected information from key staff members about the clinics' service provision and extracted demographic and clinical data from a sample of patients' clinic records. We calculated time in therapeutic ran

SUBMITTER: Semakula JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6988943 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature