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Improving anticoagulant prescribing for AF
Author(s) -
Petty Duncan,
Fay Matthew
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1203
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , anticoagulant , surgery
Anticoagulants are effective at preventing strokes in AF, but there is concern that GPs are not adequately prescribing them. Here, the authors discuss the barriers to prescribing anticoagulants andhow to increase their use.