The diagnostic accuracy of bedside and laboratory coagulation: Procedures used to monitor the anticoagulation status of patients treated with heparin

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 371-378

  Solomon, Harvey M ^a   Mullins, Richard E ^a   Lyden, Peggy ^a   Thompson, Pam ^a   Hudoff, Sue ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedside coagulation procedures; Diagnostic accuracy; Heparin; Receiver operator characteristics ROC curve analysis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0031947691     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/109.4.371     Document Type: Article

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