Reorganisation of an anticoagulation clinic using a telemedicine system: Description of the model and preliminary results

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-29

  Testa, Sophie ^a   Alatri, Adriano ^a   Paoletti, Oriana ^a   Morstabilini, Giampietro ^a   Medagliani, Maria Anunzia ^a   Denti, Nadia ^a   Martellenghi, Emanuela ^a  

^a CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

International normalised ratio; Oral anticoagulant therapy; Portable monitors; Prothrombin time; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750113604     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02934716     Document Type: Article

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