Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant use at doses inappropriately lower than recommended in outpatient older adults: a real-life data.

Tugba Erdogan Onur ErdoğanSavas OzturkMeryem Merve OrenMehmet Akif KaranGülistan Bahat

Published in: European geriatric medicine (2021)

Our study suggests that the inappropriate use of lower dose NOAC may emerge as a significant problem in outpatient older adults. This inappropriate practice seems to be associated with older age rather than the diseases, CHA2DS2-VASc/HASBLED scores, frailty and presence of falls.

Keyphrases

physical activity
community dwelling
atrial fibrillation
healthcare
primary care
venous thromboembolism
big data
middle aged
quality improvement
data analysis