Therapeutic momentum: A concept opposite to therapeutic inertia

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-98

  Rodrigo, C ^a   Amarasuriya, M ^a   Wickramasinghe, S ^a   Constantine, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPEUTIC MOMENTUM; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ASPIRIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; SRI LANKA; TICLOPIDINE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84871445426     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.12043     Document Type: Letter

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