Description

Noorda et al reported a trigger tool for evaluating an elderly patient with polypharmacy and an adverse drug reaction (ADR). One adverse drug reaction is bleeding. The authors are from University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, University of Groningen and The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb.


Patient selection: geriatric patient with polypharmacy, admitted acutely to the hospital.

Adverse drug reaction: bleeding

 

Type of Bleeding

Frequently Implicated Drugs

GI, intracranial, other

vitamin K antagonists, DOAC, heparin, other anticoagulants

GI, intracranial, other

platelet aggregation inhibitors

GI, intracranial, other

NSAIDS

supratherapeutic INR

vitamin K antagonist

 


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