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• Anti-Coagulant Medicine (Factor Xa Inhibitor) – apixaban (Eliquis®) (Fraser Health) [English] Public

  

  Apixaban (say ‘ah-pix-ah-ban’) is a medicine used to thin the blood so blood clots will not form. It is called a ‘blood thinner’ or ‘anti-coagulant’ (meaning to stop blood from coagulating or clotting). Given to people who have an irregular heart beat (atrial fibrillation), a blood clot in the leg or arm (deep vein thrombosis), a blood clot in the lung(s) (pulmonary emboli), or to prevent blood clots from forming after surgery (post-operative venous thromboprophylaxis). (English) Colour

  Printing Cost:

  $0.18 (B&W) $1.08 (Colour)

  Packaging Unit Quantity:

  50

  Printshop Number:

  266174

  Disorders and Conditions:

  • Arrhythmia,
  • Pulmonary Embolus

  Keywords:

  • Medication,
  • DVT,
  • Drug,
  • Blood,
  • Surgery,
  • Stroke,
  • Vein,
  • Anticoagulant,
  • Deep,
  • thrombosis,
  • bleed,
  • AF,
  • Pharmacy,
  • Clot,
  • emboli,
  • embolism,
  • pulmonary,
  • anti-coagulant,
  • embolus,
  • LML,
  • thinner,
  • atrial,
  • fibrillation,
  • coagulate,
  • AFib

  MESH:

  • Atrial Fibrillation

  Demographic:

  • All

  Site:

  • Fraser Health

  Format:

  Booklet

  Paper Size:

  8.5 x 11 Letter

  Paper Colour:

  White

  Title Page Paper Colour:

  White

  Folding:

  Single fold

  Plain Language:

  True

  Reproduction Rights:

  N/A

  Record Type:

  FHA

  Revision Date:

  August 30, 2019

  Next Revision Date:

  August 30, 2022

  Record Created:

  October 04, 2019

  Record Modified:

  February 26, 2021

  Packaging Unit Quantity:

  50

  Impressions:

  6
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