Short Communication
Bader Alhassoun
Abstract
Introduction: Anticoagulants are a mainstay of clinical medicine worldwide, and many are cheaply available and present on the WHO’s list of essential medicines for a public healthcare system. Anticoagulants function to reduce the clotting time of blood, which can be useful to reduce the risk of thromboembolism, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, amongst other conditions.