A week later she developed a pulmonary embolism, due to a deep vein thrombosis and was treated with warfarin (5 mg/d) (heparin therapy was simultaneously discontinued). The patient was ...
His baseline INR on admission was 1. Warfarin 5 mg i.v. daily was administered on hospital days 2–5 and increased to 7.5 mg i.v. daily on days 6–9; on day 10, the patient's INR was 2.