People Aged Over 75 in Atrial Fibrillation on Warfarin: The Rate of Major Hemorrhage and Stroke in More Than 500 Patient-Years of Follow-Up

Objectives: To determine the incidence of major hemorrhage and stroke in people aged 76 and older with atrial fibrillation on adjusted‐dose warfarin who had been recently been admitted to hospital. Design: A retrospective observational cohort study. Setting: A major healthcare network involving four...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Jg. 53; H. 4; S. 655 - 659
Hauptverfasser:	Johnson, Christina E., Lim, Wen K., Workman, Barbara S.
Format:	Journal Article Tagungsbericht
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Inc 01.04.2005 Blackwell Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Anticoagulants - therapeutic use Atrial fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation - complications Atrial Fibrillation - drug therapy Biological and medical sciences Bleeding Cardiac arrhythmia Cardiac dysrhythmias Cardiology. Vascular system Cohort analysis Elderly people Female Followup studies Frail Frail Elderly General aspects Haemorrhage Health care Health services Heart Hemorrhage Hemorrhage - epidemiology Hospitals Humans Life threatening Male Medical records Medical sciences Neurology Older people Patient admissions Patients Pharmaceuticals Physicians Practitioner patient relationship Retrospective Studies Risk factors Side effects Stroke Stroke - epidemiology Strokes Treatment Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system Victoria - epidemiology Warfarin Warfarin - therapeutic use Victoria Human Nervous system diseases Stroke Warfarin Arrhythmia Coumarine derivatives Atrial fibrillation Rate aged Cardiovascular disease Patient Anticoagulant Hemorrhage Excitability disorder Cerebral disorder Vascular disease Antivitamin K Gerontology Follow up study Heart disease Central nervous system disease Elderly Cerebrovascular disease Geriatrics
ISSN:	0002-8614, 1532-5415
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