Warfarin-Related Bleeding Following Open Heart Surgery in NAIROBI

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 139-143

  Ogendo, S W O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WARFARIN;

EID: 0035541929     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i3.9080     Document Type: Article

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