Point of care monitoring of oral anticoagulant therapy in children: Comparison of CoaguChek Plus and Thrombotest methods with venous international normalised ratio

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 734-737

  Ignjatovic, Vera ^a   Barnes, Chris ^a   Newall, Fiona ^a   Hamilton, Simone ^a   Burgess, Janet ^a   Monagle, Paul ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant monitoring; Children; International Normalised Ratio (INR); Point of Care (POC); Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; WARFARIN;

EID: 6344226746     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH04-02-0085     Document Type: Article

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