Physicians' experience of an adverse bleeding event in a patient taking warfarin was associated with a 21% lower odds of prescribing warfarin to subsequent patients (OR 0.79; 95% CI 0.62-1.00).
Observational
Atrial fibrillation
Physician experience of an adverse bleeding event vs Physician experience before the adverse event
Odds of receiving warfarin by matched pairs of a given physician's patients (one treated after and one treated before the event) — OR 0.79 (0.62-1.00)
Effect estimate: OR 0.79 (95% CI 0.62-1.00)
OBJECTIVES: To quantify the influence of physicians' experiences of adverse events in patients with atrial fibrillation who were taking warfarin. DESIGN: Population based, matched pair before and after analysis. SETTING: Database study in Ontario, Canada. PARTICIPANTS: The physicians of patients with atrial fibrillation admitted to hospital for adverse events (major haemorrhage while taking warfarin and thromboembolic strokes while not taking warfarin). Pairs of other patients with atrial fibrillation treated by the same physicians were selected. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Odds of receiving warfarin by matched pairs of a given physician's patients (one treated after and one treated before the event) were compared, with adjustment for stroke and bleeding risk factors that might also influence warfarin use. The odds of prescriptions for angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor before and after the event was assessed as a neutral control. RESULTS: For the 530 physicians who had a patient with an adverse bleeding event (exposure) and who treated other patients with atrial fibrillation during the 90 days before and the 90 days after the exposure, the odds of prescribing warfarin was 21% lower for patients after the exposure (adjusted odds ratio 0.79, 95% confidence interval 0.62 to 1.00). Greater reductions in warfarin prescribing were found in analyses with patients for whom more time had elapsed between the physician's exposure and the patient's treatment. There were no significant changes in warfarin prescribing after a physician had a patient who had a stroke while not on warfarin or in the prescribing of ACE inhibitors by physicians who had patients with either bleeding events or strokes. CONCLUSIONS: A physician's experience with bleeding events associated with warfarin can influence prescribing warfarin. Adverse events that are possibly associated with underuse of warfarin may not affect subsequent prescribing.
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Niteesh K. Choudhry
Preventive Cardiology
George Anderson
Louisiana State University
Andreas Laupacis
General / Preventive / Lipids
BMJ
Harvard University
University of Toronto
Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Choudhry et al. (Tue,) conducted a observational in Atrial fibrillation. Physician experience of an adverse bleeding event vs. Physician experience before the adverse event was evaluated on Odds of receiving warfarin by matched pairs of a given physician's patients (one treated after and one treated before the event) (OR 0.79, 95% CI 0.62-1.00). Physicians' experience of an adverse bleeding event in a patient taking warfarin was associated with a 21% lower odds of prescribing warfarin to subsequent patients (OR 0.79; 95% CI 0.62-1.00).
synapsesocial.com/papers/6a15d31812229ed7d8d115bd — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38698.709572.55
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