NPS (Last Updated: Feb 8, 2016)
Independent, evidence-based, and not-for-profit, NPS MedicineWise provides practical tools and information about medicines, health conditions, and medical tests. Atrial fibrillation resources for...
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Preventing Stroke When You Have Atrial Fibrillation: Information for Patients (Last Updated: Feb 8, 2016)
This 2-page patient handout concisely explains stroke risk, bleeding risk, and different medication options. It also includes self-care tips to help prevent bleeding.
Preventing Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Using the Evidence (Last Updated: Feb 8, 2016)
This tool is intended to help inform prescribing decisions when the decision to start anticoagulation has already been made. It includes key research findings, information about warfarin and the new...
RxFiles (Last Updated: Feb 8, 2016)
RxFiles is an academic detailing program providing objective, comparative drug information to physicians, pharmacists, and allied health professionals. Find trial summaries, newsletters, Q&As, and...
Prescribing patterns of novel oral anticoagulants following regulatory approval for atrial fibrillation in Ontario, Canada: a population-based descriptive analysis (Last Updated: Feb 8, 2016)
A journal article published in CMAJ OPEN. View Report
New Oral Anticoagulants: Breakthrough or Just Another Bleeding Mess? (Last Updated: Feb 8, 2016)
These slides were presented as part of a debate between Dr. Marc Carrier and Dr. Jafna Cox at the Family Medicine Forum 2013 in Vancouver. Dr. Carrier and Dr. Cox served as expert clinical advisors on...
Optimal Warfarin Management Can Be Achieved in All Practice Settings (Last Updated: Feb 8, 2016)
A letter to the editor of Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. View letter
Oral Anticoagulants in Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation: CADTH Recommendations and Clinical Practice Guidelines (Last Updated: Feb 8, 2016)
This tool explains the key differences between CADTH recommendations and clinical practice guidelines on the use of oral anticoagulants in non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
Preventing Strokes in Your Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: What’s the Evidence? (Last Updated: Feb 5, 2016)
A newsletter on preventing stroke in your patients with atrial fibrillation.
I'll just give her some Aspirin... (Last Updated: Feb 5, 2016)
Betty is a healthy 74-year-old. She has osteoarthritis, which she controls with acetaminophen as she experienced a GI bleed while taking an NSAID several years ago. You have just diagnosed Betty with...