Evaluation of a Portable Prothrombin Time Monitor for Home Use by Patients Who Require Long-term Oral Anticoagulant Therapy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 1441-1447

  Anderson, David R ^a,b   Harrison, Linda ^a   Hirsh, Jack ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; DRUG MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027258283     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1993.00410120027004     Document Type: Article

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