Verification of XAPPORT: a Decision Support App for Physicians Used for Patients Anticoagulated With Rivaroxaban in Terms of Anticoagulation Management in Elective Surgery: Verification Process of Medical Decision Algorithm

A mobile device app based on different guidelines provides adequate guidance to physicians attending patients undergoing elective surgery, who have to interrupt treatment with rivaroxaban for surgery, in deciding how to approach the pre- and postoperative management of anticoagulation.

A national panel of experts comprising anesthetists and surgeons from various disciplines advised in developing an algorithm supporting physicians how to approach the perioperative management of anticoagulation in patients receiving rivaroxaban and requiring elective surgery.