Factors That May Cause Interaction with Anticoagulants

 

Increased PT/INR    

 

       Decreased PT/INR

 

cancer             

collagen disease

congestive heart failure

diarrhea

elevated temperature

hepatic disorders (infectious  hepatitis,       jaundice)

hyperthyroidism

poor nutritional state

steatorrhea (fat in stool)

vitamin K deficiency     

 

            edema

hereditary coumarin resistance

hyperlipemia

            hypothyroidism