Current 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 (EM) clinicians in the acute care setting. We sought to characterize emergency department (ED) OAC prescribing practices after an ED AF diagnosis.
Details
Title
Practice gap in atrial fibrillation oral anticoagulation prescribing at emergency department home discharge
Creator
Button, Dana : Oregon Health and Science University Waites, Bethany T. : Oregon Health and Science University Lin, Amber : Oregon Health and Science University Welle, Luke : Oregon Health and Science University Still, Andrew : Oregon Health and Science University Sun, Benjamin C. : Oregon Health and Science University Raitt, Merritt : Oregon Health and Science University Ari, Niroj : Oregon Health and Science University Kea, Bory : Oregon Health and Science University
Meeting Name
Research Week, Oregon Health and Science University, 2020
