Outpatient management of warfarin therapy: Comparison of computer-predicted dosage adjustment to skilled professional care

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 46-50

  White, Richard H ^a   Mungall, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Computer; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WARFARIN;

EID: 0026028864     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-199101000-00006     Document Type: Article

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