Management of warfarin-associated coagulopathy in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding: A cross-sectional physician survey of current practice

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 444-447

  Radaelli, Franco ^a   Paggi, Silvia ^a   Terruzzi, Vittorio ^a   Meucci, Gianmichele ^b   Manes, Gianpiero ^c   Saibeni, Simone ^d   Soncini, Marco ^e   Masci, Enzo ^f   Conte, Dario ^f  

^a VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b San Giuseppe Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Survey; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; VITAMIN K; WARFARIN;

EID: 79955896036     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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