Postanalytical External Quality Assessment of Warfarin Monitoring in Primary Healthcare
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Postanalytical external quality assessment of warfarin monitoring in primary healthcare.
BACKGROUND An increasing number of patients are treated with warfarin worldwide, and many are monitored in general practice, often with office instruments. Bleeding or thromboembolic episodes may be consequences of inadequate treatment. We have therefore examined some important aspects of general practitioners' (GPs') knowledge of warfarin treatment. METHODS A questionnaire including 2 case h...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.071027