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Am J Emerg Med
November 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America.
Introduction: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. However, as diagnostic imaging, risk stratification tools, and treatment have evolved over time, there is a critical need for current data on the incidence, testing, admission rates, and medical management of PE in the ED setting.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of ED patients with PE diagnoses from 1/1/2016 to 12/31/2023 using the Epic Cosmos national database.
World J Hepatol
June 2023
Critical Care Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur 302001, Rajasthan, India.
Background: Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) can be caused by any prescribed drug and is a significant reason for the withdrawal of newly launched drugs. Direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are non-vitamin K-based antagonists recently introduced and increasingly used for various clinical conditions. A meta-analysis of 29 randomised controlled trials and 152116 patients reported no increased risk of DILI with DOACs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Thromb Thrombolysis
February 2023
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
The ADA (Age-D-dimer-Albumin) score was developed to identify hospitalized patients at an increased risk for thrombosis in the coronavirus infectious disease-19 (COVID-19) setting. The study aimed to validate the ADA score for predicting thrombosis in a non-COVID-19 medically ill population from the APEX trial. The APEX trial was a multinational, randomized trial that evaluated the efficacy and safety of betrixaban vs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExpert Opin Pharmacother
October 2022
Department of Medicine and Surgery, Research Center on Thromboembolic Disorders and Antithrombotic Therapies, University of Insubria, Varese and Como, Italy.
Introduction: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common complication in patients hospitalized for acute medical illnesses. Therefore, medical inpatients require a careful VTE and bleeding risk assessment to drive optimal strategies for VTE prevention. Low molecular weight heparin and fondaparinux have long been used for inhospital prophylaxis for patients at increased risk of VTE.
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