An integrated epidemiological and neural net model of the warfarin effect in managed care patients

• Published in: Clinical pharmacology: advances and applications Vol. 9; pp. 55 - 64
• Main Authors: Jacobs, David M, Stefanovic, Filip, Wilton, Greg, Gomez-Caminero, Andres, Schentag, Jerome J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2017; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Anticoagulants; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac arrhythmia; Care and treatment; Dose-response relationship; Epidemiology; Health risk assessment; Methods; neural net model; Original Research; Patient care; Patient outcomes; Risk factors; Stroke; Systematic review; Warfarin; United States > US; neural net model; epidemiology; atrial fibrillation; warfarin

Risk assessment tools are utilized to estimate the risk for stroke and need of anticoagulation therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). These risk stratification scores are limited by the information inputted into them and a reliance on time-independent variables. The objective of this st...