Clinical Pharmacists' Experience about the Practice of Anticoagulation Management of the Patients Who Had Been Discharged from Hospital after Undergoing Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To explore the function and approach of clinical pharmacists' participating in the anticoagulation management of patients who had been discharged from hospital after undergoing mechanical heart valve replacement.METHODS:The experiences of clinical pharmacists obtained through first-hand practice in the anticoagulation management and pharmaceutical care of the patients who had been discharged from hospital after undergoing mechanical heart valve replacement were introduced by illustrating examples.RESULTS & CONCLUSION:Clinical pharmacists' participating in the anticoagulation management of patients who had been discharged from hospital after undergoing mechanical heart valve replacement provide physicians and patients with pharmaceutical information and pharmaceutical care and enhance the effectiveness and safety of anticoagulative therapy accordingly.