Procedures for the outpatient management of patients with deep venous thrombosis

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-66

  Winter, Mark ^a   Keeling, D ^b   Sharpen, F ^c   Cohen, H ^d   Vallance, P ^d  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c TRAFFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Deep venous thrombosis; Outpatient treatment; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PHENINDIONE; WARFARIN;

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTICOAGULANTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 14344259124     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2004.00660.x     Document Type: Review

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