Point-of-care (POCT) prothrombin time monitors: is a periodical control of their performance useful?

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 775-779

  Barcellona, Doris ^a   Fenu, Lara ^a   Cornacchini, Simona ^a   Marongiu, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

FCSA; INR certified plasmas; Oral anticoagulants; POCT PT monitors; PT INR; Thrombosis Centres

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT STRIPS;

EID: 60449096178     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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