Concordance between clopidogrel use and prescribing guidelines

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 663-667

  Kubler, P A ^a   Pillans, P I ^a   Marrinan, M C ^a   Frogley, M ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clopidogrel; Drug utilization evaluation; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 12344281699     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2004.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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