Patient self-management of long-term oral anticoagulation in Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 137, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 252-258

  Fritschi, Jordan ^a   Raddatz Müller, Pascale ^a   Schmid, Pirmin ^a   Wuillemin, Walter A ^a  

^a LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Oral anticoagulation; Patient education; Patient self management; Thromboembolic complications; Time within target range

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; PHENPROCOUMON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SWITZERLAND; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 34250327550     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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