Usage of medications with high potential to interact with warfarin among atrial fibrillation residents in long-term care facilities

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-173

  Reardon, Gregory ^a   Patel, Aarti A ^b   Nelson, Winnie W ^b   Philpot, Tommy ^c   Neidecker, Marjorie ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c Profiles and Interventions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Interactions; Long term care; Nursing home; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; MACROLIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PYRROLE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; WARFARIN;

EID: 84872715377     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: 17447666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2013.747509     Document Type: Article

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