Direct oral anticoagulants: New drugs with practical problems. How can nurses help prevent patient harm?

Barras, Michael A; Hughes, David; Ullner, Melanie

Barras, Michael A; Hughes, David; Ullner, Melanie.

Affiliation

Barras MA; Department of Pharmacy Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Hughes D; Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence, University ofQueensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Ullner M; Department of Pharmacy Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Nurs Health Sci ; 18(3): 408-11, 2016 Sep.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26833971

Subject(s)

Anticoagulants/adverse effects; Anticoagulants/therapeutic use; Nurses; Patient Harm/prevention & control; Administration, Oral; Australia; Case-Control Studies; Female; Hemorrhage/etiology; Hemorrhage/prevention & control; Humans; Male; Medication Errors/prevention & control

Key words

adverse drug event; anticoagulant; deprescribing; hospital; medication safety; nurse; pharmacology

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Patient Harm / Anticoagulants / Nurses Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Oceania Language: En Journal: Nurs Health Sci Journal subject: ENFERMAGEM Year: 2016 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Australia Country of publication: Australia

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