Predisposing preventable factors in patients with bleeding due to warfarin usage: Evaluation of 114 patients

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 684-687

  Beyan, Esin ^a   Beyan, Cengiz ^b   Vaizoǧlu, Songül Acar ^c  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

anticoagulants; coumarins; drug toxicity; hemorrhage; safety management; warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ENOXAPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CABBAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MONITORING; ECCHYMOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GARLIC; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEMON JUICE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; PARSLEY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSE HIP; SENNA; URTICA DIOICA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WARFARIN;

EID: 78650389652     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029609338049     Document Type: Article

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