1. Association Between Use of Antithrombotic Medication and Hematuria-Related Complications.
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Wallis, Christopher J. D., Juvet, Tristan, Yuna Lee, Matta, Rano, Herschorn, Sender, Kodama, Ronald, Kulkarni, Girish S., Satkunasivam, Raj, Geerts, William, McLeod, Anne, Narod, Steven A., Nam, Robert K., and Lee, Yuna
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HEMATURIA , *FIBRINOLYTIC agents , *ANTICOAGULANTS , *BLADDER cancer risk factors , *DRUG side effects , *ATRIAL fibrillation , *COMPARATIVE studies , *HOSPITAL care , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *ORAL drug administration , *RESEARCH , *URINARY organ disease diagnosis , *EVALUATION research , *RETROSPECTIVE studies , *DISEASE complications , *PLATELET aggregation inhibitors , *DIAGNOSIS , *THERAPEUTICS ,BLADDER tumors - Abstract
Importance: Antithrombotic medications are among the most commonly prescribed medications.Objective: To characterize rates of hematuria-related complications among patients taking antithrombotic medications.Design, Setting, and Participants: Population-based, retrospective cohort study including all citizens in Ontario, Canada, aged 66 years and older between 2002 and 2014. The final follow-up date was December 31, 2014.Exposures: Receipt of an oral anticoagulant or antiplatelet medication.Main Outcomes and Measures: Hematuria-related complications, defined as emergency department visit, hospitalization, or a urologic procedure to investigate or manage gross hematuria.Results: Among 2 518 064 patients, 808 897 (mean [SD] age, 72.1 [6.8] years; 428 531 [53%] women) received at least 1 prescription for an antithrombotic agent over the study period. Over a median follow-up of 7.3 years, the rates of hematuria-related complications were 123.95 events per 1000 person-years among patients actively exposed to antithrombotic agents vs 80.17 events per 1000 person-years among patients not exposed to these drugs (difference, 43.8; 95% CI, 43.0-44.6; P < .001, and incidence rate ratio [IRR], 1.44; 95% CI, 1.42-1.46). The rates of complications among exposed vs unexposed patients (80.17 events/1000 person-years) were 105.78 for urologic procedures (difference, 33.5; 95% CI, 32.8-34.3; P < .001, and IRR, 1.37; 95% CI, 1.36-1.39), 11.12 for hospitalizations (difference, 5.7; 95% CI, 5.5-5.9; P < .001, and IRR, 2.03; 95% CI, 2.00-2.06), and 7.05 for emergency department visits (difference, 4.5; 95% CI, 4.3-4.7; P < .001, and IRR, 2.80; 95% CI, 2.74-2.86). Compared with patients who were unexposed to thrombotic agents, the rates of hematuria-related complications were 191.61 events per 1000 person-years (difference, 117.3; 95% CI, 112.8-121.8) for those exposed to both an anticoagulant and antiplatelet agent (IRR, 10.48; 95% CI, 8.16-13.45), 140.92 (difference, 57.7; 95% CI, 56.9-58.4) for those exposed to anticoagulants (IRR, 1.55; 95% CI, 1.52-1.59), and 110.72 (difference, 26.5; 95% CI, 25.9-27.0) for those exposed to antiplatelet agents (IRR, 1.31; 95% CI, 1.29-1.33). Patients exposed to antithrombotic agents, compared with patients not exposed to these drugs, were more likely to be diagnosed as having bladder cancer within 6 months (0.70% vs 0.38%; odds ratio, 1.85; 95% CI, 1.79-1.92).Conclusions and Relevance: Among older adults in Ontario, Canada, use of antithrombotic medications, compared with nonuse of these medications, was significantly associated with higher rates of hematuria-related complications (including emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and urologic procedures to manage gross hematuria). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2017
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