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02-18-2005, 17:13

greg c,

This study was the most interesting to me:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q..._uids=12719046

Thanks for the info!

Also, in order to avoid a Pulmonary Embolism during cardioversion, I spent the 24 hours before taking Coumadin and getting stuck every so many hours to check my count. That was just generally a pain in the butt. Question for you however, why don't they do another venipuncture on the arm and take blood from that catheter for your clot time instead of drawing it constantly from the Basilic and Median juncture(s)? I would think you could get away with doing that and still receive accurate results. It is probably a dumb question but I am curious as to why or why not.

02-18-2005, 17:13	#15
MAB32 Guest Posts: n/a	greg c, This study was the most interesting to me: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q..._uids=12719046 Thanks for the info! Also, in order to avoid a Pulmonary Embolism during cardioversion, I spent the 24 hours before taking Coumadin and getting stuck every so many hours to check my count. That was just generally a pain in the butt. Question for you however, why don't they do another venipuncture on the arm and take blood from that catheter for your clot time instead of drawing it constantly from the Basilic and Median juncture(s)? I would think you could get away with doing that and still receive accurate results. It is probably a dumb question but I am curious as to why or why not.