Journal article
Anticoagulation prescription among atrial fibrillation patients managed with and without an anticoagulant initiation pathway: a cohort study
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE: The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians atrial fibrillation (AF) checklist advises that emergency physicians initiate anticoagulation therapy for patients with AF or flutter who are CHADS65 positive.
OBJECTIVES: The aim was to compare anticoagulation initiation rates between patients treated with and without an anticoagulation assessment pathway (the SAFE pathway).
Authors
Carter J; Kirwan C; Niaz S; Baweja S; Al-Haimus F; Hu Y; Ramsden S; Clayton N; de Wit K
Journal
European Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 365–370
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
10 2023
DOI
10.1097/mej.0000000000001072
ISSN
0969-9546