Study protocol: the DESPATCH study: Delivering stroke prevention for patients with atrial fibrillation - a cluster randomised controlled trial in primary healthcare

BACKGROUND: Compelling evidence shows that appropriate use of anticoagulation in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation reduces the risk of ischaemic stroke by 67% and all-cause mortality by 26%. Despite this evidence, anticoagulation is substantially underused, resulting in avoidable fatal a...

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Autores principales: Gattellari, Melina, Leung, Dominic Y, Ukoumunne, Obioha C, Zwar, Nicholas, Grimshaw, Jeremy, Worthington, John M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21599901
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-6-48

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21599901
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-6-48

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