Terrific Care/Medex Supply had purchased these test strips (which were distributed by Roche Diagnostics outside the country) from an unknown source, imported and sold them in the US.
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Updated guidelines also emphasize weight loss for overweight, obese patients with atrial fibrillation
For patients initiating oral anticoagulant therapy, the incidence of hospitalization for upper gastrointestinal bleeding is highest and lowest with rivaroxaban and apixaban, respectively.
To investigate an appropriate dosing strategy for 4F-PCC (Kcentra; CSL Behring) in obese patients, the authors conducted a retrospective analysis comparing the reversal of warfarin using adjusted (N=28) vs actual body weight (N=50).
To compare the incidence of hospitalization for upper GI tract bleeding, researchers used US Medicare beneficiary files to identify a cohort of patients that were ≥30 years old who initiated oral anticoagulation therapy with apixaban, dabigatran, rivaroxaban, or warfarin, with or without PPI cotherapy.
This month we look at a case where a physician made a judgment call and ended up being judged harshly for it.
While the use of NSAIDs was low in the ARISTOTLE trial, NSAID users had a higher risk for bleeding than non-users.
Over 1.1 million packages of test strips distributed from January 12, 2018 to October 29, 2018 are being recalled.
The researchers found that VTE events occurred in 1.38% of patients, including 4.79% of those who received no pharmacologic prophylaxis, 1.16% treated with aspirin alone, 1.42% of those treated with anticoagulation alone, and 1.31% prescribed both aspirin and anticoagulation.
Dr C was determined to fight this case, and his defense attorney was supportive after looking at the detailed notes and documented calls to the patient which were never returned.