New model predicts the risk of blood thinners for Arabs
A novel model that predicts bleeding risk in Arab patients taking direct oral anticoagulants shows good sensitivity and specificity
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aking blood thinning drugs for long periods can increase the risk of internal bleeding in some patients. Now, scientists at KAIMRC have developed a new model for predicting the risk of bleeding
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in Arab patients taking direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Existing bleeding risk models developed in other countries are not directly transferrable to Arab populations. Along with co-workers across Saudi Arabia,
Maha Al Ammari and Khizra Sultana at KAIMRC have developed a new model called the GAMA RLSTC score based on 15 variables. They validated it using data from a cohort of 1722 patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation who were
