Adverse event rates associated with oral anticoagulant treatment early versus later after hospital discharge in older adults: a retrospective population-based cohort …

A Holbrook, H Benipal, JM Paterson… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Oral anticoagulants are commonly used high-risk medications, but little is
known about their safety in transition from hospital to home. Our objective was to measure …

Predictors of oral anticoagulant-associated adverse events in seniors transitioning from hospital to home: a retrospective cohort study protocol

H Benipal, A Holbrook, JM Paterson, J Douketis… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Oral anticoagulants (OACs) are widely prescribed in older adults. High OAC-
related adverse event rates in the early period following hospital discharge argue for an …

Burden of potentially avoidable anticoagulant-associated hemorrhagic and thromobembolic events in the elderly

C van Walraven, N Oake, PS Wells, AJ Forster - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
Background On average, patients receiving therapy with oral anticoagulants (OACs) in the
community are in the therapeutic range only 55% of the time. Anticoagulation control …

Burden of inappropriate prescription of direct oral anticoagulants at hospital admission and discharge in the elderly: a prospective observational multicenter study

A Bruneau, C Schwab, M Anfosso, C Fernandez… - Drugs & aging, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) were developed to overcome some
of the limitations associated with vitamin K antagonists (VKAs), such as interindividual …

Bleeding events in patients 75 years of age and older under long-term anticoagulant therapy: a real-life study

A Conti, N Renzi, S Catarzi… - Critical Pathways in …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To investigate the risk of bleeding events in older patients under oral
anticoagulant with a 4-year survey of a catchment area with 197,722 inhabitants of whom …

Impact of oral anticoagulants on 30-day readmission: a study from a single academic centre

M Bhattarai, T Hudali, R Robinson… - BMJ Evidence-Based …, 2018 - ebm.bmj.com
Researchers are extensively searching for modifiable risk factors including high-risk
medications such as anticoagulation to avoid rehospitalisation. The influence of oral …

Influence of stroke and bleeding risk on prescribing of oral anticoagulants in older inpatients; has the availability of direct oral anticoagulants changed prescribing?

N Farinola, GE Caughey, JS Bell… - … Advances in Drug …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Little is known about changes in prescribing practices in Australia since the
introduction of the direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Our objective was to examine if the …

Predictors of new oral anticoagulant drug initiation as opposed to warfarin in elderly adults: a retrospective observational study in Southern Italy

F Guerriero, V Orlando, VM Monetti… - … and clinical risk …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Aim The aim of this study was to assess the predictive role of age, gender, and number and
type of co-treatments for new oral anticoagulant (NOAC) vs warfarin prescription in elderly …

Safety of anticoagulation therapy in well-informed older patients

N Kagansky, H Knobler, E Rimon… - Archives of internal …, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
Background In older populations, oral anticoagulation therapy (OAT) is underused by
physicians, mainly because of fear of bleeding complications. The aim of this study was to …

Rates of rebleeding, thrombosis and mortality associated with resumption of anticoagulant therapy after anticoagulant-related bleeding

DHW Little, R Sutradhar, JO Cerasuolo, R Perez… - Cmaj, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Data on resuming oral anticoagulants (OACs) after bleeding are primarily
from studies involving patients given warfarin, with few data on direct OACs (DOACs). We …