Is patient self-testing a good thing?

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-218

  Oertel, Lynn B ^a   Libby, Edward N ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG MONITORING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EMBOLISM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SELF MONITORING; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; DRUG MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELF CARE;

EID: 77949915261     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-009-0414-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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