The Beers criteria role in predicting bleeding during the use of direct oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation over 80 years of age

Beers criteria, inappropriate drug prescribing, elderly patients, clinically relevant non-major bleeding, atrial fibrillation, direct oral anticoagulants, bleeding prediction, safety of direct oral anticoagulants, pharmacosafety

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