Mobile computing platform with decision support modules for hemotherapy

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 834-840

  Huang, Richard S P ^a   Nedelcu, Elena ^a   Bai, Yu ^a   Wahed, Amer ^a   Klein, Kimberly ^a   Gregoric, Igor ^b   Patel, Manish ^b   Kar, Biswajit ^b   Loyalka, Pranav ^b   Nathan, Sriram ^b   Loubser, Paul ^a   Weeks, Phillip A ^c   Radovancevic, Rajko ^b   Nguyen, Andy N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Coagulation; Decision support modules; Hemotherapy; Mobile computing platform

Indexed keywords

APIXABAN; DABIGATRAN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN CONCENTRATE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; HEPARIN LYASE; PROTAMINE; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; RIVAROXABAN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DECISION SUPPORT MODULE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MOBILE COMPUTING PLATFORM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBIN TIME; TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART;

ALGORITHMS; COAGULATION; DECISION SUPPORT MODULES; HEMOTHERAPY; MOBILE COMPUTING PLATFORM;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84904464089     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPRG5LYWL6DXMX     Document Type: Article

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