A multicentre randomised assessment of the DAWN AC computer-assisted oral anticoagulant dosage program

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-494

  Poller, Leon ^a   Keown, Michelle ^a   Ibrahim, Saied ^a   Lowe, Gordon ^b   Moia, Marco ^c   Turpie, Alexander G ^d   Roberts, Christopher ^a   Van Den Besselaar, Anton M H P ^e   Van Der Meer, Felix J M ^e   Tripodi, Armando ^c   Palareti, Gualtiero ^f   Shiach, Caroline ^g   Bryan, Stirling ^h   Samama, Meyer ⁱ   Michael, Burgess Wilson ^j   Heagerty, Anthony ^g   MacCallum, Peter ^k   Wright, David ^l   Jespersen, Jørgen ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Laboratoire Central d'Hematologie   (France)

^j NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^k QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l Pontefract General Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Clinical events; Computer dosage; Safety DAWN AC; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CALIBRATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFTWARE; WARFARIN;

EID: 62549128661     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-10-0664     Document Type: Article

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