December 2008 Crossword Puzzle

Monday, December 1, 2008

PTINR.com Staff

Our offering to you this holiday season is our December puzzle with 27 helpful clues. The gift is the answer key.

Across

2 Generic Coumadin

4 Internal bleeding event is one

7 Congestive heart failure abbreviation

10 More warfarin (Coumadin ®) does this to bleeding time

11 Color of 7.5mg warfarin

12 Home testing requires this

15 International Normalized Ratio (abbreviation)

16 May cause a change in INR test results, not regulated by the FDA

17 Quality Assured Services abbreviation

19 Patient self-testing abbreviation

20 Covers weekly home INR testing

21 A blood clot could cause this

22 Fall and winter primetime season for this

23 Herbal medicine known to interact with Coumadin

24 December ushers this in

25Warfarin prevents this

Down

1 Common site of minor bleeding

2 Testing frequency reimbursed by Medicare

3 Atrial fibrillation abbreviation

5 Key to many patients INR stability

6 Food with high vitamin K content

7 Need between patient and clinician

8 Common in older adults

9 Stick to one's schedule

13 Patients should discuss this with their doctor before it is done

14 Common tablet for headaches, can increase bleeding risk

18 Most common side effect of warfarin

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