Caution urged over GP tool to assess aspirin bleed risk
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Doctors will soon be able to better target patients for aspirin prophylaxis against cardiovascular events, according to New Zealand researchers who are developing a bleeding risk prediction tool.
However, Australian preventive medicine expert Professor Mark Nelson, chief investigator of the ASPREE trial, cautioned the tool should not trigger a move towards use of aspirin for primary prevention.