title: Efficacy of direct factor Xa inhibitors compared to warfarin in preventing stroke in adults with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a systematic review protocol.
abstract: The objective of this review is to determine the overall efficacy of direct factor Xa inhibitors in comparison with warfarin in preventing the incidence of stroke in adults with non-valvular atrial fibrillation with moderate-to-high risk for stroke.
authors.affiliation: 1Samuel Merritt University, School of Nursing 2University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Centre, UCSF Centre for Evidence-based Patient Care Quality Improvement: an Affiliate Center of the Joanna Briggs Institute, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Kayla Leigh
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: Michelle DeCoux
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Hampton
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications*; D065427:Factor Xa Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D065427:Factor Xa Inhibitors; D014859:Warfarin