EducationOral anticoagulantsPatientPharmacistWarfarinImprovement of pharmacist-led educational strategies targeting patients receiving direct oral anticoagulants is necessary.Further studies are needed to assess the outcomes of pharmacist-led education for patients on direct oral anticoagulants.Maintaining the ...
As older persons may value independence over longevity, these studies should not only evaluate traditional morbidity and mortality but also patient-reported health outcomes, such as health-related quality of life and function, and active life expectancy (e.g., home time) [142]. Such comparative ...
ofthepatient,andthetypeofAF. 1 Ouraimwastoassessthe 1 DepartmentofCardiology,DicleUniversityFaculty of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey 2 Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey 3 Department of Cardiology, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya,...
US Food and Drug Administration. While these anticoagulants carry similar side effects to warfarin, such as risk for gastrointestinal bleeding and intracranial hemorrhage, INR and PT monitoring are not required. How then are providers to gauge the safety and efficacy of the medication in a patient?
Patient education h. *Use in a selected population (e.g. cancer patients, pregnancy, morbid obesity, renal impairment, and pediatrics) 2. Apply evidence-based guideline recommendations for the use of anticoagulants in the: a. Prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism b. Stroke prevention...
The model was adjusted for patient characteristics that might explain the association between race/ethnicity and outcomes, including clinical characteristics (eg, medical history, laboratory data, medications, and AF type), clinician type, and sociodemographic characteristics (eg, education, insurance type...
Platelet function tests are capable of detecting and/or ruling out the presence of a platelet inhibitor. The intensity of platelet inhibition can be assessed, allowing an estimation of the bleeding risk. This might be useful especially when the patient’s medication is unknown. ...
This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan and fund from Sekisui Medical Co. Ltd., Stago and Instrumentation Laboratory. Availability of data and ...
EP 6 (Patient Education) Patient education is critical to safe and judicious use of anticoagulant therapy. In the outpatient setting, patient knowledge of warfarin has been associated with better INR control and better adherence.37 Patient education, including the ability to receive and understand the...
Moreover, the low levels of DOAC adherence also suggested that Vietnamese patients might not be able to afford the long-term use of DOAC owing to much higher costs or the non-monitoring DOAC might lower patient awareness of anticoagulants [16]. By excluding patients with heart valve ...