[Oral anticoagulants adherence in elderly patients treated for atrial fibrillation in the era of direct oral anticoagulants].

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the level of adherence to oral anticoagulants in the population of elderly patients treated for a non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) in the era of direct oral anticoagulants.

Patients And Method: This transversal study used Morisky scale to assess adherence to oral anticoagulants. We also collected patients' reviews about the treatment and factors explaining a poor adherence.

[Appropriateness of direct admissions to acute care geriatric unit for nursing home patients: an adaptation of the AEPf GRID].

The patient population staying in nursing homes is increasingly vulnerable and dependent and should benefit from a direct access to an acute care geriatric unit. Nevertheless, the easy access by a simple phone call from the general practitioner to the geriatrician, as well as the lack of orientation of these patients by emergency units, might lead to inappropriate admissions. This work studied the appropriateness of direct admissions of 40 patients living in nursing home in an acute care geriatric unit.

[Atrial fibrillation, comorbidities and new anticoagulants].

Unlabelled: The atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most important cause of arythmia and cerebrovascular disease in clinical practice. Comorbidity is defined as the association of active chronical diseases and a target disease.

Method: comparison between burden illness of the patients in interventional (n=4) and observational studies, form Medline database (n=4), was performed.

[General characteristics of the new oral anticoagulants].

Treatment with vitamin K antagonists are subject to a common iatrogenic mainly characterized by hemorrhagic stroke. Their narrow therapeutic range associated with variability largely explains this phenomenon. New oral anticoagulants (NOAC) are now available.