Predictors of anticoagulation prescription in nursing home residents with atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-131

  Abel Latif, Ahmed K ^a   Peng, Xuejun ^a   Messinger Rapport, Barbara J ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation; Long term care; Stroke; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS DIPYRIDAMOLE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; PEPTIC ULCER; PHARMACY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STROKE;

EID: 14844352048     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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