Use of rivaroxaban in patients attending a hematology unit in clinical practice.

To determine drug persistence and rates of events among patients treated with rivaroxaban in a hematology unit. Retrospective study of patients that started treatment with rivaroxaban, in the hematology unit of a tertiary hospital. A total of 161 patients were included, of whom 83.

Anticoagulation with rivaroxaban in a hematology unit: clinical profile, events and discontinuation rates in real-life patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.

Aim: To assess the clinical profile and thromboembolic and bleeding events in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) who were attended in a hematology unit.

Methods: Retrospective study of AF patients that started treatment with rivaroxaban between February 2012 and June 2016 in a hematology unit from a tertiary hospital in Spain.

Results: Overall, 243 patients (mean age 78.

Pancreatic stent insertion after an unintentional guidewire cannulation of the pancreatic duct during ERCP.

Introduction: the guidewire (GW) may enter the pancreatic duct during common bile duct (CBD) cannulation attempts in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). After GW passage into the pancreas, the most effective maneuver for CBD cannulation and pancreatitis prevention has not been determined.

Aim: to study CBD cannulation and post-ERCP pancreatitis rates when a pancreatic stent is inserted after an unintentional GW cannulation of the pancreatic duct.

Fully covered self-expanding metal stents in the management of difficult common bile duct stones.

Background And Objectives: plastic biliary stents are often used after an ERCP session without complete common bile duct stones (CBDS) extraction. Sometimes, the volume of biliary drainage with these stents may be insufficient. We present our experience with the use of fully covered self-expanding metal stents (FCSEMS) in the setting of incomplete CBDS extraction.

Standard criteria versus Rosemont classification for EUS-diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis.

Aim: to study the possible differences in the final diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis by using standard classification described by Wiersema et al. and the new classification proposed recently by Rosemont.

Material And Methods: forty-seven patients with the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis were included in this study.