Advantages and limitations of the new anticoagulants

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Schulman, S ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adherence; Bleeding; Factor Xa inhibitor; Monitoring; Thrombin inhibitor

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; APIXABAN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DABIGATRAN; EDOXABAN; EFEGATRAN; HIRUDIN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KETOCONAZOLE; MELAGATRAN; QUINIDINE; RIFAMPICIN; RITONAVIR; RIVAROXABAN; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN; XIMELAGATRAN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR SURGERY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; URINARY EXCRETION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADHERENCE; BLEEDING; FACTOR XA INHIBITOR; MONITORING; THROMBIN INHIBITOR;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BETA-ALANINE; BLOOD COAGULATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG MONITORING; FACTOR XA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MORPHOLINES; PYRAZOLES; PYRIDINES; PYRIDONES; THIAZOLES; THIOPHENES; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84890170924     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joim.12138     Document Type: Review

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