Are major bleeding events from falls more likely in patients on warfarin?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-160

  Garvin, Roger ^a   Howard, Ellen ^b  

^a Internal Medicine Spokane   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION THEORY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; META ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 32844466461     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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