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Internal medicine journal · Oct 2020
Anticoagulant prescribing in patients with ischaemic stroke: what has changed over a decade?
- Angelos Sharobeam, Brett Jones, Aidan Watters, Chandi Das, and Christian Lueck.
- Department of Neurology, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- Intern Med J. 2020 Oct 1; 50 (10): 1274-1277.
AbstractA study at our institution conducted 10 years ago identified that warfarin was under-utilised in patients with atrial fibrillation. We replicated this study and compared the results. There was a significant increase in the proportion of patients appropriately anticoagulated (63% vs 9%, P < 0.001). Eighty-seven percent of eligible patients were appropriately anticoagulated on discharge (86% previously). Seventy-two percent of treated patients were prescribed a direct oral anticoagulant. Of these, 10% were discharged with a sub-therapeutic dose without obvious explanation.© 2020 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
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