A comprehensive investigation of inpatient intravenous colchicine use shows more education is needed

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-148

  Evans, Toni I ^a,b   Wheeler, Mark T ^a   Small, Ralph E ^a   Breitbach, Sarah A ^a   Sanders, Karen M ^a   Neal Roberts, W ^a  

^a Department of Medicine ^*

^b Humer Holmes McGuire Vet AMC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gout; Intravenous colchicine; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOUT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; COLCHICINE; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOLOGY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0030067655     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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