Anticoagulation Prescribing Patterns in Intensive Care Unit Patients Admitted with Prehospital Direct Oral Anticoagulant Therapy: A Single Academic Center Experience.
Amos LalOsama MukhtarSarah J ChalmersJohn KarpPatrick M WieruszewskiJohn G ParkPublished in: Hospital pharmacy (2022)
Our single-center retrospective study describes the current prescribing practices and preliminary outcomes in ICU patients with prehospital use of DOACs. Up to 20% of the patients were transitioned to a different agent within 24 hours of ICU admission, whereas a significant proportion of patients (42%) had anticoagulation discontinued altogether. Most patients who suffered a major bleeding episode required either endoscopic or surgical intervention to control bleeding.
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