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ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Prescribing and Safety of Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants Compared to Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation on Chronic Hemodialysis.

Estella Davis, Dallin Darais, Kevin Fuji, Paige Nekola, Khalid Bashir

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Article in Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Factor Xa Inhibitors Versus Vitamin K Antagonists in Atrial Fibrillation Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease on Dialysis: A Meta-Analysis.Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
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  6. Safety and Efficacy of DOACs in Patients with Advanced and End-Stage Renal Disease.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Estella DavisSchool of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA.
Dallin DaraisMedical Center, CHI Health-Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA.
Kevin FujiSchool of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA.
Paige NekolaSchool of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA.
Khalid BashirMedical Center, CHI Health-Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA.
Creighton University · USCHI Health · USCHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ESRD patients receiving hemodialysis (HD) were excluded from landmark trials evaluating direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in atrial fibrillation (AF). The objective was to evaluate prescribing and bleeding with DOACs compared to warfarin in AF patients with chronic HD. A retrospective, observational study of patients receiving warfarin or DOAC from April 2010-April 2016 from area health system hospitals and Dialysis Clinics, Inc. records. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and chi-square. Ninety-one patients were included with warfarin as the initial OAC in most patients (n = 76) at average dose of 29 mg/week. Fifteen patients were initially prescribed apixaban (n = 12) or dabigatran (n = 3). Most switches in OAC therapy were to apixaban. When the initial OAC was a DOAC, it was not dosed appropriately in five with one bleed, two dosed appropriately had bleeds. When initial warfarin was switched to a DOAC, it was not dosed appropriately in seven with five bleeds. More bleeds occurred with warfarin alone (n = 18) vs. those on warfarin switched to DOAC (n = 5) vs. DOAC alone (n = 3), p = 0.022. All but four patients that bled had HAS-BLED scores three or higher. Warfarin was most often prescribed and associated with a higher incidence of bleeding compared to DOACs in this population of patients at high risk for bleeding. Larger studies should be conducted to analyze the impact of DOAC dose appropriateness on safety and clinical outcomes.

Indexed as

AFatrial fibrillationdirect oral anticoagulationDOACsend-stage renal diseaseESKDESRDHDhemodialysis

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PMID32164234
PMCPMC7151654
OpenAlexW3010739802

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