Development and validation of a Screening Tool to Evaluate and Warrant Anticoagulation Treatment prior to Discharge in inpatients with Atrial Fibrillation (STEWAR


Journal

International journal of medical informatics
ISSN: 1872-8243
Titre abrégé: Int J Med Inform
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 9711057

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
10 2021
Historique:
received: 01 04 2021
revised: 10 08 2021
accepted: 15 08 2021
pubmed: 27 8 2021
medline: 25 2 2023
entrez: 26 8 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Anticoagulation is highly effective for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF), reducing the risk by about 64%. Despite overwhelming evidence in support of anticoagulation, up to 40% of AF patients remain untreated. We aimed to develop and validate STEWAR STEWAR A tool to screen for un(der)treated AF was developed and embedded into the EHR. Sensitivity and specificity for AF diagnosis were 98.4% and 87.6%, respectively. Overall sensitivity and specificity for identification of a CHA STEWAR

Identifiants

pubmed: 34438318
pii: S1386-5056(21)00181-7
doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104555
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Anticoagulants 0

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

104555

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Charlotte Quintens (C)

Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Pharmacy Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: charlotte.quintens@uzleuven.be.

Lorenz Van der Linden (L)

Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Pharmacy Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: lorenz.vanderlinden@uzleuven.be.

Kaat Meeusen (K)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: karolien.meeusen@uzleuven.be.

Egon Nijns (E)

Department of Information Technology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: egon.nijns@uzleuven.be.

Rik Willems (R)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: rik.willems@uzleuven.be.

Isabel Spriet (I)

Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Pharmacy Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: isabel.spriet@uzleuven.be.

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