Clinicians in a variety of settings are called upon to care for patients diagnosed with atrial
fibrillation (AF), a common chronic condition that affects up to 3 million people in the USA …

BACKGROUND: In January 2009, the Joint Commission implemented a National Patient
Safety Goal (NPSG) for ambulatory care, NPSG 3E, intended to reduce harm associated with …

OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine (1) the level of knowledge that mechanical
heart-valve patients (because of congenital heart disease or acquired heart-valve defects) …

Cross-sectional study developed to relate the international normalized ratio (INR), used as a
parameter to monitor the levels of blood clotting, stability to adherence, age, level of …

Este é um estudo transversal, desenvolvido com o objetivo de relacionar a estabilidade do
índice de normatização internacional (INR), utilizado como parâmetro para monitorar os …

INTRODUCTION: While numerous therapeutic education programs exist in physical
medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), they rarely concern pharmacological treatments …

Background Shorter periods of hospitalisation and increasing warfarin use have placed
stress on community-based healthcare services to care for patients taking warfarin after …

The major psychotropic drug classes are antipsychotics, antidepressants and
anxiolytic/hypnotics. Professional guidelines advise that these agents should only be …

Objective We aimed to investigate patients' educational wishes and patients' perception of
their knowledge of anticoagulants. Material and methods One thousand patients were …

Objectives The aim of this study was to assess current knowledge of patients receving oral
anticoagulant therapy (OAT). Methods Patients presenting to adult emergency department …