Nutritional management of a patient with obesity and pulmonary embolism: a case report

Nutrition Journal

Table 3 INR testing in a 52-year old woman taking oral anticoagulants due to a recent history of pulmonary embolism

Date (2015)	Weekly warfarin dose (mg)	International normalized ratio
01/19	41.75	1.82
01/26	43.75	1.80
02/02	45	3.16
02/09	43.75	1.82
02/20	43.75	2.06
02/27	41.75	2.23
03/13	41.75	2.16
03/20	43.75	2.43
04/03	43.75	2.04

Before February 20th, she was fallowing a vitamin K free diet. After February 20th, she was following the diet prescribed at our nutritional unit (NU), with stable content of vitamin K
INR = International normalized ratio. INR therapeutic range: 2.0 – 3.0
Warfarin dose refers to the week prior to the INR value

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