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Pradaxa risk groups, kidney function tests to the fore after landmark study

BRYAN SIMPSON OTAGO
Pharmacy PhD candidate Bryan Simpson found Māori and Pasifika on dabigatran were more than twice as likely as others to have a haemorrhage
Māori are affected at a younger age, have a much higher prevalence of AF and are less likely to be prescribed optimally for. We need an equity approac, PAUL CHIN, Clinical pharmacologist Paul Chin says kidney function tests are just one determinant of dabigatran levels
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1. Simpson BH, Reith D, Medli­cott N, et al. J Prim Health Care 2018;10,4:303–311.

2. Simpson B, Reith DM, Medlicott NJ et al. TH Open 2018;2,4:e420-e427.

3. McBain L, Kyle A. NZ Med J 2018;131/1471:40–47.