Internal Reference Number: FOI_7064
Date Request Received: 09/03/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 14/03/2023 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Use of anticoagulation
Request Category: Private Individuals
Question Number 1: Between 1 Jan 2022 to 31 Dec 2022 How many patients were diagnosed with atrial fibrillation? | |
Answer To Question 1: This number includes patients seen by the Anticoag team as an in-patient only = 219 | |
Question Number 2: How many of these patients were prescribed edoxaban, apixaban, and rivaroxaban | |
Answer To Question 2: Unfortunately this data is not collected | |
Question Number 3: How many patients were diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (DVT)? | |
Answer To Question 3: 291 | |
Question Number 4: How many of these DVT patients were prescribed apixaban and rivaroxaban | |
Answer To Question 4: Rivaroxaban = 123 Apixaban = 120 | |
Question Number 5: How many patients were diagnosed with pulmonary embolism (PE)? | |
Answer To Question 5: 227 | |
Question Number 6: How many of these PE patients were prescribed apixaban, and rivaroxaban? | |
Answer To Question 6: Rivaroxaban = 25 Apixaban = 142 | |
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