INR comparison between the CoaguChek Pro PT(N) and a standard laboratory method.

Background: The prothrombin time (PT), also called thromboplastin time ("Quick"), is usually measured using citrated plasma from venous blood. Recently, portable coagulation monitors have been developed, which measure PT using non-anticoagulant capillary whole blood from a finger stick. In the present study, we compared the International Normalized Ratio (INR) of the standard laboratory method (INRven) with the newly developed reagent PT(N) for the CoaguChek Pro portable monitor (INRcap) in various patient groups: healthy individuals, patients with oral anticoagulation and patients with a deficiency of coagulation factor V, factor VII or factor X, respectively.