Preoperative monitoring of warfarin in cutaneous surgery

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 386-389

  Ah Weng, A ^a   Natarajan, S ^a   Velangi, S ^a   Langtry, J A A ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous surgery; Postoperative bleeding; Preoperative monitoring; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WARFARIN;

EID: 0041912412     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05506.x     Document Type: Article

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