Extreme obesity—also referred to as severe, grade III, or morbid obesity—is defined as a
body mass index (BMI)> 40 kg/m2, and occurs in 7.7% of the adult US population. 1 This …

Four direct‐acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs)–the thrombin inhibitor dabigatran, and the
activated factor X (FXa) inhibitors apixaban, edoxaban, and rivaroxaban–are approved in …

Abstract Background Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are preferred over warfarin for the
treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) as well as atrial fibrillation (AF). The efficacy …

In clinical practice, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are increasingly used for venous
thromboembolism treatment and prevention. A substantial proportion of patients with venous …

Purpose: There is limited clinical data evaluating anticoagulation with the direct oral
anticoagulants (DOACs) in morbidly obese patients. We sought to examine the efficacy in …

In 2016, the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) published
guidelines advising caution when using direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in patients with …

Obesity plays an essential role in the safety of pharmacologic drugs. There is paucity of data
for direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in the obese, despite these agents becoming more …

Objective: To review literature on the use of direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in
patients with high body weight (BW) and/or high body mass index (BMI) and to make …

Obesity has become a major threat to health worldwide. The prevalence of obesity is rapidly
increasing, so much so that the World Health Organization has declared obesity as a global …

Introduction: The landscape of therapeutic anticoagulation has changed dramatically over
the past decade, with availability of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), which inhibit factor …