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Rivaroxaban reduces length of hospital stay in patients with symptomatic venous thromboembolism

Simon Nye

Abstract


The phase III EINSTEIN deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and EINSTEIN pulmonary embolism (PE) trials demonstrated the potential of oral rivaroxaban (Xarelto, Bayer) – 15 mg twice daily for 21 days, followed by 20 mg once daily – for the treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE), a term that embraces DVT and PE. A subsequent study by van Bellen et al.,[1] published in Current Medical Research and Opinion in 2014, was undertaken to assess the length of initial hospitalisation in patients presenting with either symptomatic DVT or PE using hospitalisation records from these trials.


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Simon Nye, HMPG

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African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine 2016;22(4):111. DOI:10.7196/SARJ.2016.v22i4.115

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Date submitted: 2016-12-19
Date published: 2016-12-19

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