DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH WARFARIN IN ELDERLY PATIENTS

Citation
M. Reardon et al., DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH WARFARIN IN ELDERLY PATIENTS, British journal of clinical practice, 49(6), 1995, pp. 322-323
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
ISSN journal
00070947
Volume
49
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
322 - 323
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0947(1995)49:6<322:DAWWIE>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The four cases presented illustrate fatal errors in the management of elderly patients at different stages in the chain of their anticoagula tion treatment, As indications for anticoagulation increase in the eld erly, more care needs to be taken.