Outcomes of oral anticoagulant therapy managed by telephone vs in-office visits in an anticoagulation clinic setting

Chest

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1385-1389

  Wittkowsky, Ann K ^a   Nutescu, Edith A ^b   Blackburn, Juan ^b   Mullins, Jennifer ^a   Hardman, Jennifer ^b   Mitchell, Jessica ^b   Vats, Vikrant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Clinic management; Outcomes; Telephone management; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL HEMATOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTAL BLEEDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TELEPHONE; TESTICULAR BLEEDING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UTERUS BLEEDING; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33751223878     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.5.1385     Document Type: Article

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