Use of a computer-based provider order entry (CPOE) intervention to optimize laboratory testing in patients with suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 928-931

  Samuelson, Bethany T ^a   Glynn, Emily ^a   Holmes, Meredith ^a   White, Andrew A ^a   Martin, Daniel B ^a   Garcia, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

4Ts score; Computer based provider order entry; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; Inappropriate testing

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; HEPARIN PLATELET FACTOR 4 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROTONIN RELEASE; TIME TO TREATMENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; LABORATORY; MALE; PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; STANDARDS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84948717522     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: 18792472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2015.09.005     Document Type: Article

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