Development and validation of a Screening Tool to Evaluate and Warrant Anticoagulation Treatment prior to Discharge in inpatients with Atrial Fibrillation (STEWAR
Anticoagulant therapy
Atrial fibrillation
Clinical decision support
Screening tool
Stroke prevention
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
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
104555Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.