Stroke prophylaxis in atrial fibrillation: Searching for management improvement opportunities in the emergency department: The HERMES-AF study

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Coll Vinent, Blanca ^a,b   Martín, Alfonso ^a,c   Malagón, Francisco ^a,d   Suero, Coral ^a,e   Sánchez, Juan ^a,f   Varona, Mercedes ^a,g   Cancio, Manuel ^a,h   Sánchez, Susana ^a,i   Montull, Eugeni ^j   Del Arco, Carmen ^a,k  

^a Clinical Bioethics and Professionalism Working Group   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE TORREJÓN   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^j Sanofi Aventis Spain   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EMBOLISM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; AGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; STROKE;

EID: 84918776956     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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