Involvement of pharmacists in the monitoring of oral anticoagulant therapy : delivery of a notebook for the patient

• In: Community Pharmacy Section - Poster Session
• At: Cairo (Egypt) (2005)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: CPS-P-073
• By: BLANCHET, Fabienne (CESPHARM - Ordre des pharmaciens, Paris, France)
• Co-author(s): Castot (AFSSAPS, PARIS, France)
  ROULEAU (AFSSAPS, PARIS, France)
  Thomas (FFC, PARIS, France)
  Dreux (CESPHARM - Ordre des pharmaciens, PARIS, France)
  
• Abstract:

  A study implemented in 1998 by the French regional pharmacovigilance centres showed that each year, nearly 17000 hospitalisations linked to iatrogenic events were caused by an haemorrhage with oral anticoagulant therapy (Antivitamin K treatment - AVK).
  
  In order to improve the follow-up of patients treated by AVK, a working group was created by..

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