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Incidence, Risk Factors, And Prediction Of Gastrointestinal And Intracranial Bleeding In A Cohort Of Older Veterans Prescribed Oral Anticoagulants, Angela Laurio
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Incidence, Risk Factors, and Prediction of Gastrointestinal and
Intracranial Bleeding in a Cohort of Older Veterans Prescribed Oral Anticoagulants
by
Angela L. Laurio
Advisor: Marianne (Mimi) C. Fahs, PhD, MPH
Objectives:
The objectives of this dissertation were to: (1) describe and compare the incidence and odds of gastrointestinal and intracranial bleeding in veterans age 50 to 89 who were prescribed warfarin, direct oral anticoagulants, or no oral anticoagulants; (2) identify risk factors for gastrointestinal and intracranial bleeding among older veterans prescribed oral anticoagulants, and to calculate the relative risk of bleeding over time through time-to-event analysis; and (3) develop …