Medicines reconciliation in pre-admission clinics can improve medicines prescribing

Pharmacy in Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 44-46

  Wright, Paul ^a   Khachi, Hasanin ^a   Vercaeren, Saskia ^a   Antoniou, Sotiris ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 40949113110     PISSN: 13581538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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