Audit of anticoagulant therapy.

Audit of anticoagulant therapy.

An audit of anticoagulant management to assess anticoagulant control using decision support software

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of a computerised self-adjusting anticoagulant algorithm to predict appropriate warfarin dosing and to assess its use in clinical practice. DESIGN A 3-year audit of anticoagulant control in patients managed by doctors and pharmacists using computer decision support and an evaluation of the impact of dose adjustments made by the users. PARTICIPANTS 366...

Computer assisted anticoagulant therapy.

The constantly workload increase has led to the development of Computerised Decision Support Systems (CDSS) for a better management of patient care. Many clinical situations have been investigated to verify the utility of CDSS: few have demonstrated stable effects. One area where success has been reported is the field of oral anticoagulation management. CDSS system has demonstrated to be able t...

Long-term anticoagulant therapy.

Experience with long-term anticoagulant therapy during the past seven years has been sumnmarized. This report is based on the records of 227 individuals treated as private or outpatient clinic patients for from four weeks to seven years. Where adequate laboratory facilities are available outpatient long-term therapy may be satisfactorily controlled by physicians familiar with the use of anticoa...

Long-term Anticoagulant Therapy.

Experience with long-term anticoagulant therapy during the past seven years has been sumnmarized. This report is based on the records of 227 individuals treated as private or outpatient clinic patients for from four weeks to seven years. Where adequate laboratory facilities are available outpatient long-term therapy may be satisfactorily controlled by physicians familiar with the use of anticoa...