Safety of joint and soft tissue injections in patients on warfarin anticoagulation

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1811-1814

  Conway, Richard ^a   O'Shea, Finbar D ^a   Cunnane, Gaye ^a,b   Doran, Michele F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Haemorrhage aetiology; Injections; International normalised ratio; Intra articular; Warfarin adverse effects

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; JOINT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SOFT TISSUE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; THROMBUS; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BURSITIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SHOULDER JOINT; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 84890440115     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-013-2350-z     Document Type: Article

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