Atrial fibrillation and anticoagulation in patients hospitalised for stroke in the REGIONS Care Study

To describe atrial fibrillation (AF) patient characteristics and anticoagulation patterns in stroke patients in Aotearoa. Reducing Ethnic and Geographic Inequities to Optimise New Zealand Stroke (REGIONS) Care study is a prospective, nation-wide observational study of consecutive adult stroke patien...

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Veröffentlicht in:	New Zealand medical journal 2023-08, Vol.136 (1580), p.12-25
Hauptverfasser:	Ranta, Syrah, Stewart, Ralph, Thompson, Stephanie, Davis, Alan, Barber, Peter Alan, Harwood, Matire, Ranta, Anna
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Administration, Oral Adult Anticoagulants Anticoagulants - therapeutic use Atrial Fibrillation - complications Atrial Fibrillation - drug therapy Atrial Fibrillation - epidemiology Cardiac arrhythmia Cardiovascular disease Confidence intervals Ethics Ethnicity Geography Hemorrhage Humans Ischemia New Zealand - epidemiology Observational studies Patients Prospective Studies Risk Factors Stroke Stroke - drug therapy Stroke - epidemiology Transient ischemic attack
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Zusammenfassung:	To describe atrial fibrillation (AF) patient characteristics and anticoagulation patterns in stroke patients in Aotearoa. Reducing Ethnic and Geographic Inequities to Optimise New Zealand Stroke (REGIONS) Care study is a prospective, nation-wide observational study of consecutive adult stroke patients admitted to hospital between 1 May and 31 October 2018. AF and anticoagulation prescribing, intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and differences by Māori ethnicity and hospital location are described. Of 2,379 patients, 807 (34.3%) had a diagnosis of AF. AF patients were older than non-AF patients (mean 79.9 [SD 11] versus 72.5 [14.2], p
ISSN:	1175-8716 1175-8716
DOI:	10.26635/6965.6195