title: Defensive medicine due to different fears by patients and physicians in geriatric atrial fibrillation patients and second victim syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: ozcanozeke@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ozcan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozeke
authors.affiliation: Ankara University Scool of Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevgi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aras
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kazim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baser
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kirbas
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cay
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Firat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Topaloglu
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dursun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aras
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aydogdu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*; D003675:Defensive Medicine; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D016903:Drug Monitoring
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants
keywords: Anticoagulation therapy; Defensive medicine; Geriatric atrial fibrillation; Second victim syndrome