Appropriateness of Antiplatelets and Anticoagulants Among Older Adults Experiencing Falls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antiplatelet and anticoagulant (collectively called antithrombotics) use remains ubiquitous in older adults due to well-established benefits in treating atherosclerotic and thromboembolic disease. It is unclear whether these benefits outweigh the risk of traumatic hemorrhage in older adults with elevated fall risk. Emergency department (ED) providers are well-positioned to identify opportunities to deprescribe likely inappropriate antithrombotics following an emergency visit for a fall. The objective was to determine the prevalence of likely inappropriate antithrombotic use among older adults on antithrombotics presenting to an ED with a fall.

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study of older adults presenting to an ED with a fall enroll

SUBMITTER: Klickstein LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12758105 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature