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Safety of anticoagulation therapy in well-informed older patients.

Arch Intern Med

October 2004

Department of Geriatric Medicine, Kaplan-Harzfeld Medical Center, Rehovot-Gedera, and Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.

Background: In older populations, oral anticoagulation therapy (OAT) is underused by physicians, mainly because of fear of bleeding complications. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of bleeding complications and associated risk factors in a large heterogeneous group of older patients.

Methods: Combined retrospective and prospective cohort study conducted in geriatric and internal medicine departments.

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