Managing anticoagulation patients in the hospital
Subtitle: the inpatient anticoagulation service
By: Michael Gulseth.
Contributors: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Publisher: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bethesda, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781585281572
Subjects: Anticoagulants (Medicine); Hospitals -- Drug distribution system; Hospital pharmacies -- Administration; Anticoagulants -- administration & dosage; Pharmacy Service, Hospital -- methods; Inpatients; Medication Systems -- organization & administration; Patient Care Planning -- organization & administration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to inpatient anticoagulation / Michael Gulseth; title: Literature review supporting inpatient pharmacy management of anticoagulation / William Dager; title: Anticoagulant safety: identification of the gaps / Jill Strykowski; title: Planning of the inpatient anticoagulation service / Michael Gulseth; title: Winning support for the inpatient anticoagulation service / Michael Gulseth; title: Justifying the program to hospital administration: the financial perspective / Michael Gulseth; title: Pharmacist education and training / Michael Gulseth; title: Patient education needs / Michael Gulseth; title: Monitoring and maintaining program quality / Michael Gulseth; title: Essential warfarin knowledge / Scott Neel; title: Heparin, low molecular weight heparin, and fondaparinux / Edith A. Nutescu and William Dager; title: Essential direct thrombin inhibitor knowledge / William Dager; title: Helpful resources and preparing for the future / Michael Gulseth.