Reasons given for primary care physician withholding warfarin (n = 27)
| n | |
|---|---|
| Patient wishes | 9 |
| Multiple medical problems | 3 |
| Dementia | 2 |
| Monitoring and compliance problems | 2 |
| Housebound | 2 |
| Frailty/extreme age | 2 |
| Recurrent anaemia | 1 |
| Subdural haematoma | 1 |
| Aortic aneurysm | 1 |
| Recurrent epistaxis | 1 |
| Recurrent falls | 1 |
| Epilepsy | 1 |
| Alcoholism | 1 |