Description: The International Self-Monitoring Association of oral Anticoagulated Patients (ISMAAP) was first proposed in Paris, France, in July 2001. It was officially founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in July 2002 on the initiative of representatives of national Associations of patients on oral anticoagulated therapy.
self-management (45) anticoagulation (15) self-testing (7)
Non-adherence to anticoagulation is a common phenomenon and is associated with adverse clinical out comes.
„For a good AC-treatment I must comply with protocols and with what the doctor knows best.“
The question has been the topic of many studies since the idea of coagulation self-management appeared in 1987. “Is there a [patient] age limit at...