Hypercoagulable workup in a community hospital setting: to test or not to test; that is the question

• Main Authors: Ashish Gupta (Author), Poras Patel (Author), Raheel Anwar (Author), Diana Villanueva (Author), Viswanath Vasudevan (Author), Elizabeth Guevara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Thrombophilia tests are often ordered unnecessarily and/or inappropriately, with significant impact on healthcare costs, hospital resources, time, and potential harm to the patient. Objective: To identify the incidence of unnecessary and inappropriate thrombophilia testing in a community...