1. Which of the following statements regarding the results of clinical studies on the use of non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation is INCORRECT?

2. Which of the following non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants demonstrated significantly lower bleeding events in the North American studies of patients having knee replacement surgery?

3. Which of the following is NOT a major difference between non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants and warfarin?

4. Which of the following statements regarding the use of non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) in practice is CORRECT?

5. JA is a 63-year-old male who has been taking warfarin for 2 years due a previous venous thromboembolism. He lives 60 minutes from his physician's office, so he has not been having his international normalized ratios checked at regular intervals. He is scheduled to undergo total hip replacement surgery, and his physician is asking his health insurance provider to cover a switch from warfarin to a non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC) moving forward. Which of the following factors is LEAST IMPORTANT when determining the overall risk to benefit of switching JA from warfarin to an NOAC?

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