Falls in ED patients: do elderly patients on direct oral anticoagulants bleed less than those on vitamin K antagonists?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Falls from standing are common in the elderly and are associated with a significant risk of bleeding. We have compared the proportional incidence of bleeding complications in patients on either direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) or vitamin K antagonists (VKA).

Methods

Our retrospective cohort study compared elderly patients (≥65 years) on DOAC or VKA oral anticoagulation who presented at the study site - a Swiss university emergency department (ED) - between 01.06.2012 and 01.07.2017 after a fall. The outcomes were the proportional incidence of any bleeding complication and its components (e.g. intracranial haemorrhage), as well as procedural and clinical parameters (length of hospital stay, admission to intensive care unit, in-hospital-mortality). Uni- and multiva

SUBMITTER: Muller M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8022425 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature