Meeting
Abstract Number: 186
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Bridging anticoagulation is commonly prescribed to patients with atrial fibrillation who are initiating therapy or require interruption of anticoagulation for procedures. Current guidelines recommend bridging for patients at high risk of stroke, but no data guide this recommendation. Among patients with atrial fibrillation and one or more risk factors for thromboembolic stroke, the recently […]
Abstract Number: 307
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common preventable condition in hospitalized medical patients. Chemoprophylaxis with heparin or fondaparinux has been recommended for all hospitalized patients who are not at low risk, and appropriate thromboprophylaxis is a hospital quality measure. However, the specific threshold of VTE risk that warrants prophylaxis has not been defined. We used […]