J Formos Med Assoc
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with a history of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) carry excessive risk of recurrent stroke. Real-world data for the Asian population is scarce. This study aimed to investigate the thromboembolism and major bleeding risk of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant (NOAC) therapy among Asian patients, and to identify the risk factors of recurrent stroke. ⋯ Atrial fibrillation patients with underlying malignancy or concurrently use of EIAED may have increased risk of treatment failure in secondary stroke prevention.
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Although illicit substance use-induced toxicity or complication is a frequent cause of visit to the emergency department (ED), there are limited data on cases confirmed by liquid chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis. This study aimed to describe clinical presentations of patients who visited the ED because of acute illicit substance-related complications. ⋯ Our study provided the acute illicit substance complications at ED by LC-MS/MS analysis in Taiwan. Our study showed that more than one-third cases studied were NPS users. Young adults and polysubstance users were more common among NPS users.