Improving inpatient warfarin therapy safety using a pharmacist-managed protocol
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Development and implementation of a pharmacist-managed inpatient warfarin protocol.
Because of the complexities of warfarin administration and its bleeding complications, a pharmacist-managed protocol for warfarin administration was developed at Baylor University Medical Center. The protocol incorporated current clinical guidelines and evidence-based medicine. Clinical outcomes under the protocol were compared with those of usual care, physician management, in a pilot study. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Open Quality
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2399-6641
DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000290