Computer alerts for potassium testing: Resisting the temptation of a blanket approach (multiple letters)

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 433-434

  Atreja, Ashish ^a,b   Mehta, Neil ^a   Jain, Anil ^a   Harris, C Martin ^a   Hoch, Isaac ^c   Heymann, Anthony D ^c   Kurman, Irena ^c   Valinsky, Liora J ^c   Chodick, Gabi ^c   Shalev, Varda ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OH 44195   (United States)

^c MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; POTASSIUM;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUSTRY; ELECTRONICS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH POTASSIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 4544247295     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1585     Document Type: Article

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