External quality assessment for warfarin dosing using computerised decision support software

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 605-607

  Oppenkowski, T P ^a   Murray, E T ^a   Sandhar, H ^a   Fitzmaurice, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPISTAXIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANTICOAGULANTS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 0042591398     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.8.605     Document Type: Article

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