A Case of Life-Threatening Abdominal Wall Hematoma Formation in a Patient on Warfarin Therapy with Concurrent Influenza Infection.

Warfarin therapy provides extensive antithrombotic benefits and, thus, is widely used in the general population. However, as with most medications, there are also risks associated with warfarin use. Specifically, because of the narrow therapeutic window of this drug, patients taking it are at a much higher risk of accidental bleeding.

Does the Mode of PROM Administration Affect the Responses of Hospitalized Patients?

Objective: To determine whether a multidimensional computerized adaptive test, the Functional Assessment in Acute Care Multidimensional Computerized Adaptive Test (FAMCAT), could be administered to hospitalized patients via a tablet computer rather than being orally administered by an interviewer.

Design: A randomized comparison of the responses of hospitalized patients to interviewer vs tablet delivery of the FAMCAT and its assessment of applied cognition, daily activity, and basic mobility.

Setting: Two quaternary teaching hospitals in the Upper Midwest.