Patients with perceived high-bleeding risk and computerized decision support for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillatio
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Patients with perceived high‑bleeding risk and computerized decision support for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: an AF‑ALERT substudy Piazza: outcomes of high-bleeding risk AF patients Gregory Piazza1 · Shelley Hurwitz2 · Brett Carroll3 · Samuel Z. Goldhaber1 Accepted: 26 September 2020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract A perceived increased risk of bleeding is one of the most frequent reasons for withholding anticoagulation for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF). We previously conducted a randomized controlled trial of alert-based computerized decision support to increase prescription of anticoagulation in hospitalized patients with AF. To determine the clinical characteristics and outcomes of those patients whose inpatient health care providers received a computer alert, we analyzed all 248 patients in the alert group. Patients for whom providers elected to omit anticoagulation and provided a rationale of a perceived high risk of bleeding were compared with those who were not designated as high-risk. Perceived high risk of bleeding was the most common reason (77%) for omitting anticoagulation. Median HAS-BLED scores were similar in these patients compared with those who were not deemed to have an increased bleeding risk (3 vs. 3, p = 0.44). Despite being categorized as too high-risk for bleeding to receive antithrombotic therapy at the time of the alert, nearly 12% of these patients were ultimately prescribed anticoagulation by 90 days. The frequency of major and clinically-relevant non-major bleeding was similar between the groups. The frequency of death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or systemic embolic event was similar in both groups (10.2% vs. 12.4%, p = 0.59). In conclusion, a perceived high risk of bleeding was the most common reason for omission of anticoagulation in patients with AF after a computerized alert. Perceived high risk of bleeding was not reflected in a higher HAS-BLED score. Clinical trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02339493 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02339493 Graphic Abstract In a randomized controlled trial of computerized decision support to increase prescription of antithrombotic therapy in hospitalized patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), a perceived high risk of bleeding was the most common reason (77%) for omitting antithrombotic therapy after an on-screen alert. Median HAS-BLED scores were similar in these patients compared with those who were not deemed to have an increased bleeding risk (3 vs. 3, p = 0.44). Despite being categorized as too
* Gregory Piazza [email protected] 1
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Bos
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