Improvement in the Management of Oral Anticoagulation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in Primary Health Care.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Evaluation and improvement of the management of patients with atrial fibrillation in treatment with oral anticoagulants from primary health care. (2) Methods: prospective quasi-experimental study, conducted on 385 patients assisted with Atrial Fibrillation (AF) at the Las Fuentes Norte Health Center, before and after the implementation of actions to improve oral anticoagulants management from October 2015 to July 2017. (3) Results: The ACO-ZAR I study revealed that the population with AF presents a global prevalence of 1.7%, an indication of oral anticoagulants of 92.1%, undertreatment of 24%, suboptimal control of vitamin K antagonists of 43%, use of antiaggregant as primary prevention of 13.42%, and primary health care monitoring of 34%. The implementation of activities a

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Roy A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9180454 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature