Oral Anticoagulant Initiation: Rationale for the Use of Warfarin Dosing Nomograms

Seminars in Vascular Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-260

  Crowther, Mark Andrew ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computerized dosing; Dosing algorithms; International Normalized Ratio; Warfarin initiation

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULATION; AUTOMATION; BLEEDING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NOMOGRAM; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALGORITHMS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WARFARIN;

EID: 0142072121     PISSN: 15289648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44461     Document Type: Review

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