Evaluating safety, effectiveness, and user satisfaction of home international normalized ratio monitoring service: Experience from a tertiary pediatric cardiology unit in the United Kingdom

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-21

  Bhat, Deepti ^a   Upponi, Ajay ^b   Rakecha, Aditya ^b   Thomson, John ^b  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home INR testing; Safety; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEPARINIZATION; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMORRHAGE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; SAFETY; TELEMEDICINE; WARFARIN;

EID: 75549086619     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9535-x     Document Type: Article

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