WHEN YOU OR A LOVED ONE BECOMES THE STATISTIC
- Author:
Mohamed-Syarif Mohamed-Yassin
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Author Information
- Publication Type:Other Types
- Keywords: Anticoagulant; Atrial fibrillation; Family physicians; Intracranial haemorrhage; Treatment
- From:Malaysian Family Physician 2024;19(1):1-1
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
- Abstract: WHEN YOU OR A LOVED ONE BECOMES THE STATISTIC:My father passed away from intracranial bleeding secondary to the anticoagulant that he was taking for atrial fibrillation.1 While trying to prevent an ischaemic stroke, he succumbed to death from intracranial bleeding. Looking at the prescribing information, the anticoagulant he was on has slightly lower incidences of intracranial haemorrhage, haemorrhagic stroke, or fatal bleeding compared to the more traditional anticoagulant warfarin.2 The thing about these statistics however, is that I believe most of us would never feel that the "one" in a hundred thousand for example, would ever be one of us or our patient, let alone a close family member.
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