Emergency Medicine Physician Attitudes toward Anticoagulant Initiation for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Guidelines for the primary prevention of stroke recognize the emergency department as a location for physicians to identify atrial fibrillation and to initiate oral anticoagulants. Numerous studies have shown low anticoagulant prescription rates —approximately 18%—in OAC-naïve patients with atrial fibrillation discharged from the emergency department. We sought to obtain the opinions of Emergency Medicine physicians regarding anticoagulant decision-making for patients with atrial fibrillation seen in the emergency department.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research