Bleeding Risk Model of Shireman et al for an Elderly Patient Being Treated with Warfarin
Purpose: | To evaluate the risk of bleeding in an elderly patient with atrial fibrillation who is receiving warfarin using the bleeding risk model of Shireman et al. |
Specialty: | Cardiovascular Diseases, Vascular Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Medicine |
Objective: | risk factors, failure handling and therapy escalation, adverse effects |
ICD-10: | R58 |
Description: | Shireman et al developed a model for predicting the risk of bleeding for an elderly patient being treated with warfarin. This can help identify a patient who may benefit from closer monitoring during anticoagulant therapy. The authors are from the University of Kansas and University of Iowa. |
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