Practice Gap in Atrial Fibrillation Oral Anticoagulation Prescribing at Emergency Department Home Discharge
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Kea, Bory; Waites, Bethany T.; Lin, Amber; Raitt, Merritt; Vinson, David R.; Ari, Niroj; Welle, Luke; Sill, Andrew; Button, Dana; Sun, Benjamin C.
Introduction: Current U.S. cardiology guidelines recommend oral anticoagulation (OAC) to reduce stroke risk in selected patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but no formal AF OAC recommendations exist to guide emergency medicine clinicians in the acute care setting. We sought to characterize emergency department (ED) OAC prescribing practices after an ED AF diagnosis.
2020
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
21/4
Kea, Bory; Waites, Bethany T.; Lin, Amber; Raitt, Merritt; Vinson, David R.; Ari, Niroj; Welle, Luke; Sill, Andrew; Button, Dana; Sun, Benjamin C.