Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To investigate the drug-related problems(DRPs) of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants(NOACs) in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation(NVAF), and to promote the rational use of NOACs in the clinic.
METHODS By making use of the hospital's internal information system, cases of NVAF patients who used rivaroxaban, edoxaban and dabigatran etexilate in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of Shanghai Punan Hospital of Pudong New District in 2023 were extracted. Based on the drug instructions, guidelines and expert consensus, the Granada Ⅱ classification method was used to evaluate the necessity(including DRP1 and DRP2), effectiveness(including DRP3 and DRP4), and safety(including DRP5 and DRP6) of using the three drugs mentioned above in patients.
RESULTS A total of 276 cases were included, with 95 cases(34.42%) of DRPs, including 58 cases(21.01%) of DRP4, 29 cases(10.51%) of DRP5, and 8 cases(2.89%) of DRP6. The cases of DRP1, DRP2 or DRP3 didn't occurred.
CONCLUSION DRPs in patients with NVAF in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine in the hospital are mainly the effectiveness. It is necessary to strengthen pharmaceutical intervention, so as to promote the rational use of drug.