Evaluating warfarin management by pharmacists in a community teaching hospital

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-103

  Chilipko, Allison A ^a   Norwood, Daryn K ^a  

^a UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; International normalized ratio; Joint commission; Pharmacist; Pharmacokinetics; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

AE = ADVERSE EVENTS; AFIB = ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AMS = ANTICOAGULATION MANAGEMENT SERVICE; ANTICOAGULATION; CT = COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DVT = DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS; FDA = FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FFP = FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HGB = HEMOGLOBIN; INR = INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JOINT COMMISSION; NNT = NUMBER NEEDED TO TREAT; NPSG = NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOAL; PE = PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PHARMACIST; PHARMACOKINETICS; PI = PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT; PMS = PHARMACOKINETICS MONITORING SERVICE; SCR = SERUM CREATININE; TTR = TIME IN THERAPEUTIC RANGE; WARFARIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WARFARIN;

EID: 84894232314     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2014.95     Document Type: Article

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