Patient self-management of warfarin therapy: Pragmatic feasibility study in Canadian primary care

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Grunau, Brian E ^a   Wiens, Matthew O ^a,b   Harder, Kenneth K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Chilliwack General Hospital   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELF MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WARFARIN;

EID: 80051709131     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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