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Potentially avoidable inpatient nights among warfarin receiving patients; an audit of a single university teaching hospital

BACKGROUND: Warfarin is an oral anticoagulant (OAT) that needs active management to ensure therapeutic range. Initial management is often carried out as an inpatient, though not requiring inpatient facilities. This mismatch results in financial costs which could be directed more efficaciously. The e...

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Autores principales: Forde, Dónall, O'Connor, Mortimer B, Gilligan, Oonagh
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19284662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-41