Therapeutic monitoring of antiepileptic drugs: A comparison between a Czech and a Swedish University Hospital

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 594-598

  Koristkova, Blanka ^a   Bergman, Ulf ^b   Grundmann, Milan ^a   Brozmanova, Hana ^a   Sjöqvist, Folke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antiepileptics; Evidence based medicine; Plasma concentration dose ratio; Quality of care; Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CZECH REPUBLIC; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MONITORING; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG MONITORING; EPILEPSY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33749852189     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ftd.0000245679.30519.1d     Document Type: Article

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