Surgical delay in acute admissions on warfarin: Are we doing enough?

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1283-1288

  Bansal, R ^a,b   Watson, D K ^a  

^a WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture neck of femur; Reversal; Semi emergency; Vitamin K; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

PHYTOMENADIONE; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STROKE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; EMERGENCIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN K 1; WARFARIN;

EID: 33644875948     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2005.00605.x     Document Type: Review

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