Peri-operative management of anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy
Peri-operative management of anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy
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DOI:
10.1111/bjh.14344
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发表时间:
2016-11-01
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
Watson, Henry
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作者:
Keeling, David;Tait, R. Campbell;Watson, Henry
A BSH guideline on warfarin (Keeling, et al 2011) addressed the issue of perioperative management and is updated in this article to include the issue of perioperative management of patients on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) and antiplatelet agents which are becoming frequent clinical queries. This guideline will consider whether and when anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents should be stopped before elective surgery and invasive procedures, when agents can be restarted and how to manage patients on these drugs who require emergency surgery. If an anticoagulant or antiplatelet effect persists haemostasis may be improved by the use of pre-operative parenteral tranexamic acid which has been shown to reduce blood loss and transfusion requirements in both cardiac and trauma surgery, without increasing thrombotic complications (McIlroy, et al 2009, Shakur, et al 2010)For agents with a slow offset and onset of action bridging therapy with an alternative drug at a full treatment dose can be considered in patients deemed to be at high risk of thrombosis; this mainly concerns whether treatment dose low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) or unfractionated heparin (UFH) should be given when warfarin is temporarily discontinued. Thromboprophylaxis with low dose LMWH is not regarded as “bridging”.