• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

Effectiveness and safety of oral anticoagulants for non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a population-based cohort study in primary healthcare in Catalonia
Conclusion: Being men, a previous event and DOAC-switch posed a higher risk for all study outcomes. direct oral anticoagulants had a protective effect against cerebral bleeding in comparison to vitamin K antagonists. Adherence to direct oral anticoagulants resulted in lower risk of stroke and cerebral bleeding. We found no differences in the risk of stroke and gastrointestinal bleeding when we compared direct oral anticoagulants vs. vitamin K antagonists.
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - September 15, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

COVID-19 Can Increase Risk of Psychiatric Disorders for Up to Two Years
The increased risk of depression and anxiety that patients experience after developing COVID-19 typically subsides within two months, according to astudy published yesterday inThe Lancet Psychiatry. However, patients may have an elevated risk for developing other psychiatric and neurological conditions, such as psychosis, brain fog, and seizures, for up to two years after their infections.“The results have important implications for patients and health services as it suggests new cases of neurological conditions linked to COVID-19 infection are likely to occur for a considerable time after the pandemic has subsided,” s...
Source: Psychiatr News - August 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: adults anxiety brain fog children COVID-19 delta dementia depression older adults omicron psychotic disorder seizures The Lancet Psychiatry Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 4054: Gender Inequalities in Diagnostic Inertia around the Three Most Prevalent Cardiovascular Risk Studies: Protocol for a Population-Based Cohort Study
This study will assess the gender-related differences in diagnostic inertia around the three most prevalent cardiovascular risk factors: dyslipidemia, arterial hypertension, and diabetes mellitus, and to evaluate the consequences on cardiovascular disease incidence. This is an epidemiological and cohort study. Eligible patients will be adults who presented to public primary health care centers in a Spanish region from 2008 to 2011, with hypertension, dyslipidemia, or/and diabetes and without cardiovascular disease. Participants’ electronic health records will be used to collect the study variables in a window of six mont...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - April 12, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Carratala-Munuera Lopez-Pineda Orozco-Beltran Quesada Alfonso-Sanchez Pallar és-Carratalá Soriano-Maldonado Navarro-Perez Gil-Guillen Martin-Moreno Tags: Study Protocol Source Type: research

The use and adherence of oral anticoagulants in Primary Health Care in Catalunya, Spain: A real-world data cohort study.
CONCLUSIONS: Acenocoumarol was the most frequently prescribed OAC as first therapy in NVAF patients. Non-naive to DOAC showed better persistence than naive. Rivaroxaban showed higher proportion of adherent patients during the implementation phase than apixaban and dabigatran the lowest. PMID: 32788057 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Atencion Primaria - August 8, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Giner-Soriano M, Cortes J, Gomez-Lumbreras A, Prat-Vallverdú O, Quijada-Manuitt MA, Morros R Tags: Aten Primaria Source Type: research

Clinical profile and outcomes in octogenarians with atrial fibrillation: A community-based study in a specific European health care area
Age increases risk of stroke and bleeding. Clinical trial data have had relatively low proportions of elderly subjects. We sought to study a Spanish population of octogenarians with atrial fibrillation (AF) by combining different sources of electronic clinical records from an area where all medical centres utilized electronic health record systems.
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - July 23, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mois és Rodríguez-Mañero, Estrella López-Pardo, Alberto Cordero, Omar Kredieh, María Pereira-Vazquez, Jose-Luis Martínez-Sande, Alvaro Martínez-Gomez, Carlos Peña-Gil, José Novo-Platas, Javier García-Seara, Pilar Mazón, Ricardo Laje, Isabel Mos Source Type: research