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Ten-year trends in prescribing of antiarrhythmic drugs in Australian primary care patients with atrial fibrillation
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Bezabhe, WM and Bereznicki, LR and Radford, J and Salahudeen, MS and Garrahy, E and Wimmer, BC and Bindoff, I and Peterson, GM, Ten-year trends in prescribing of antiarrhythmic drugs in Australian primary care patients with atrial fibrillation, Internal Medicine Journal, 51, (10) pp. 1732-1735. ISSN 1444-0903 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Despite changes in antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) choice in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), trends in AAD prescribing remain not investigated. We aimed to examine these changes using a nationwide Australian general practice data from 2009 to 2018. Over the 10 years, AAD prescribing in patients with AF decreased, which was mainly due to a reduction in the use of amiodarone, sotalol and digoxin. In contrast, the use of beta-blockers and flecainide increased.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | antiarrhythmic drugs, atrial fibrillation, primary care, arrhythmia |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences |
| Research Field: | Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions |
| UTAS Author: | Bezabhe, WM (Dr Woldesellassie Bezabhe) |
| UTAS Author: | Bereznicki, LR (Professor Luke Bereznicki) |
| UTAS Author: | Radford, J (Professor Jan Radford) |
| UTAS Author: | Salahudeen, MS (Dr Mohammed Salahudeen) |
| UTAS Author: | Garrahy, E (Dr Edward Garrahy) |
| UTAS Author: | Wimmer, BC (Dr Barbara Wimmer) |
| UTAS Author: | Bindoff, I (Dr Ivan Bindoff) |
| UTAS Author: | Peterson, GM (Professor Gregory Peterson) |
| ID Code: | 147290 |
| Year Published: | 2021 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 2 |
| Deposited By: | Pharmacy |
| Deposited On: | 2021-10-23 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-11-19 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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