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Resources
Blood Coagulation
Doug Tollefsen Lab at Washington University in St. Louis
http://tollefsen.wustl.edu/projects/coagulation/coagulation.html
Duke University
http://pathology.mc.duke.edu/coag/coagurls.htm
Jolyon Jesty, State University of New York at Stony Brook
www.uhmc.sunysb.edu/internalmed/hematol/jj/coag.pdf#search='coagulation%20and%20.edu
Michael W. King, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/blood-coagulation.html
Clotting Disorders
Lecture by Dr. Owen Smith, University of Dublin, Trinity College
www.tcd.ie/Physiology/text/lecture102.html
DVT Tests
The National Library of Medicine’s Medline
Doppler ultrasound exam of an arm or leg
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003775.htm
Lower extremity venography
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003773.htm
Organizations Monitoring Quality Care
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
www.jcaho.org
A not-for-profit healthcare accreditation organization that issues performance-based
standards and assesses organizational compliance to improve patient safety
and quality of care.
Leapfrog Group
www.leapfroggroup.org
An initiative of healthcare purchasing organizations seeking improvements in safety,
quality and affordability of healthcare, with funding from the Business Roundtable,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and member organizations.
National Quality Forum
www.qualityforum.org
A not-for-profit that develops and implements national strategies for healthcare
quality measurement and reporting.
Organizations with Professional Guidelines on DVT
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Diagnosis and Treatment of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 68
www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/dvt/dvt.pdf
American College of Chest Physicians
Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism: The Seventh ACCP Conference on
Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy66
www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/126/3_suppl/172S
American College of Emergency Physicians
Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of
Adult Patients Presenting with Suspected Lower-Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis
www.acep.org/NR/rdonlyres/90959FCB-C36B-4686-9989-B6749D561EB0/0/cpLowerExtremityDVT.pdf
American Geriatrics Society
Current Guidelines for Practice: Oral Anticoagulation for Older Adults
www.americangeriatrics.org/products/positionpapers/Ant_Coag_Pocketv61.pdf
American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology Foundation
Guide to Warfarin Therapy 67
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/107/12/1692
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and the ASCP Research and Education Foundation
These organizations are developing a comprehensive educational program to help pharmacists and other healthcare professionals gain in-depth knowledge about preventing and managing thrombosis in older adults. The program, funded through an unrestricted education grant from Aventis Pharmaceuticals, will incorporate a web-based study, online toolkit and other materials. When completed, it will appear on their Senior Care Online University for professionals
(www.scoup.net).
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Anticoagulation Therapy Supplement
www.icsi.org/knowledge/detail.asp?catID=29&itemID=151
Venous Thromboembolism
www.icsi.org/knowledge/detail.asp?catID=29&itemID=202
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis
www.icsi.org/knowledge/detail.asp?catID=29&itemID=1140
University of Michigan Health System
Guidelines on Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
http://cme.med.umich.edu/pdf/guideline/VTE04.pdf
66 Geerts, W.H., et al. (2004) “Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.” Chest 126(suppl):338S-400S.
67 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation. (2003) “Guide to Warfarin Therapy.” Circulation 107:1692.
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