Effect of continuation of antiplatelet therapy on survival in patients receiving physician home visits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the effects of continued antiplatelet therapy in patients who receive physician home visits. This study aimed to evaluate the association of survival with the continuation of antiplatelet drugs in patients who received physician home visits.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was conducted in a teaching hospital in Toyota, Japan, from April 2015 to October 2018. All patients who received home visits by physicians from the department of Family Medicine of the hospital were included. The primary outcome was the difference in all-cause mortality between patients who were taking antiplatelet drugs and those who were not. The Cox proportional hazards model was applied, adjusted for the patient's demographic features, activities of daily living,

SUBMITTER: Osugi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6929486 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature