Missed opportunities to prevent upper GI hemorrhage: The experience of the Michigan Anticoagulation Quality Improvement Initiative

Vasc Med. 2019 Apr;24(2):153-155. doi: 10.1177/1358863X18815971. Epub 2019 Feb 27.

Jacob E Kurlander^{1

2

3}, Xiaokui Gu⁴, James M Scheiman^{1

5}, Brian Haymart⁴, Eva Kline-Rogers⁴, Sameer D Saini^{1

2

3

6}, Scott Kaatz⁷, James B Froehlich^{1

4}, Caroline R Richardson^{3

8}, Geoffrey D Barnes^{1

3

4}

¹ 1 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
² 2 Veterans Affairs (VA) Ann Arbor Health Care System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
³ 3 Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁴ 4 Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁵ 5 Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
⁶ 6 VA Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁷ 7 Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
⁸ 8 Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: GI hemorrhage; antiplatelet therapy; gastroprotection; patient safety; proton pump inhibitor; warfarin.

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