Data pinpoints 20-hour mark for hip fracture surgery in people on blood thinners
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 18, 2023
It turns out there’s an optimal time for doctors to begin surgically repairing a hip fracture in people on blood thinners or anticoagulants. It’s about the 20-hour mark after the fracture occurs, according...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Sept. 6
By
Kristen Fischer
Sep 06, 2023
Oral anticoagulants lower dementia risk over other blood thinners … Resistant starch lowers liver triglycerides in fatty liver disease … Researchers link blood sugar drop when standing to falls …...
Seniors on common maintenance drugs face fewer COVID-19 risks, NIH study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 20, 2022
Drugs used regularly in the long-term care population may help prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection and poor COVID-19 outcomes, investigators say.
Newer blood thinners surpass warfarin for treating seniors with Afib and prior stroke
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 14, 2022
Direct oral anticoagulants are linked to fewer readmissions for stroke and bleeding events when compared with warfarin, investigators say.
Until Ukrainian caregivers can rest, we can’t look away
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 22, 2022
It hurts to think of those whose fate rests solely with their Ukrainian caregivers, who have families and lives of their own to consider. But you’ll miss something important if you look away.
Clinician ‘inertia’? Many still favoring warfarin over safer direct-acting anticoagulants
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2021
Many clinicians participating in the Medicare Part D program have continued to prescribe warfarin over direct-acting oral anticoagulants, despite evidence that the latter drugs are safer and more effective...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Nov. 16
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 16, 2021
Cognitive outcomes similar with warfarin, dabigatran in older patients with Afib … Risks of drug therapy after stent placement may now outweigh benefits, researchers say … More exposure to estrogen...
Secondary analysis gives blood thinner apixaban nod over warfarin
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 24, 2020
Apixaban (Eliquis) may present fewer risks for stroke patients than warfarin, the study found. Meanwhile, anticoagulant use has risen in nursing homes.
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, September 12
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 11, 2019
Eyes could be windows to Alzheimer’s disease risk … FDA OKs glucagon rescue pen for severe hypos in diabetes … Boosting vitamin K may help stabilize warfarin patients … Evidence lacking for...
Medication associated with fewer hospitalization days
Dec 02, 2014
XARELTO is associated with fewer hospitalization days and outpatient visits compared to warfarin in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation, according to data presented at the American Heart Association...