Anticoagulant treatment and COVID‐19 mortality among older adults living in nursing homes in Sweden
Laura Kananen,
Christian Molnár,
Fredrik Ansker
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundAnticoagulants (AC) were introduced in March 2020 as standard of care in nursing home (NH) residents affected with COVID‐19 in the Stockholm region, Sweden. ACs are proven to reduce the risk of complications and mortality from COVID‐19 among patients of other ages and settings, but there is limited scientific evidence underpinning this practice in the NH setting.MethodsThis matched cohort study included 182 NH residents in the Stockholm Region diagnosed with COVID‐19 in March–May 2020. The main expos… Show more
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