To anticoagulate or not to anticoagulate? A common dilemma for the provider: Physicians' opinion poll based on a case study of an older long-term care facility resident with dementia and atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-28

  Dharmarajan, T S ^a,b,c   Varma, Surendran ^a,b   Akkaladevi, Shailaja ^a,b   Lebelt, Anna S ^a,b   Norkus, Edward P ^a,b  

^a OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation in long term care; Atrial fibrillation; Physician opinion poll

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DONEPEZIL; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEMENTIA; FALLING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32444446391     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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