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Rohan Hettiarachchi

Researcher at Boehringer Ingelheim

Publications -  4
Citations -  2503

Rohan Hettiarachchi is an academic researcher from Boehringer Ingelheim. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dabigatran & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 2435 citations.

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A new oral direct thrombin inhibitor, dabigatran etexilate, compared with enoxaparin for prevention of thromboembolic events following total hip or knee replacement: the BISTRO II randomized trial

TL;DR: In this paper, a multicenter, parallel-group, double-blind study, 1973 patients undergoing total hip or knee replacement were randomized to 6-10 days of oral Dabigatran etexilate (50, 150,mg twice daily, 300,mg once daily, 225, mg twice daily), starting 1-4 h after surgery, or subcutaneous enoxaparin (40 mg once daily) starting 12 h prior to surgery.