An observational cohort study on safety and efficacy of the 220 mg dose Pradaxa to generate additional data in predefined sub populations of patients at increased risk of bleeding or VTE

Inclusion criteria:

Patients of 18 years of age or above undergoing elective total hip or knee replacement surgery who consent in writing to their participation in this observational study

Exclusion criteria:

All patients who should not be treated with Pradaxa 220 mg according to the European Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC): age of > 75 years, renal impairment (creatinine clearance <50 ml/min), patients with concomitant therapy of amiodarone, elevated liver enzymes > 2 upper limit of normal (ULN) and/or hepatic impairment or liver disease expected to have any impact on survival, anaesthesia with post operative indwelling epidural catheters, hypersensitivity to dabigatran etexilate or to any of the excipients, active clinically significant bleeding, organic lesion at risk of bleeding, spontaneous or pharmacological impairment of haemostasis except for the above included patients groups, concomitant treatment with quinidine

Subgroups of the general population