The application of fuzzy logic to the prescription of antithrombotic agents in the elderly

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 731-736

  Helgason, Cathy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; WARFARIN; XIMELAGATRAN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG UTILIZATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 1542339375     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-200421110-00003     Document Type: Review

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