TY - JOUR
T1 - Perioperative management and reversal of antithrombotic therapy
AU - Jacobs, Laurie G.
AU - Nusbaum, Neil
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Patients of advanced age commonly undergo invasive procedures and surgery. With the number of elderly individuals being treated with long-term anticoagulant therapy growing annually, it is not uncommon that surgery is contemplated for older adults on long-term anticoagulant therapy. This article focuses on the management of elderly patients who are on long-term anticoagulant therapy, principally with warfarin, who must undergo invasive procedures. Although no consensus has been reached regarding the perioperative management of patients on long-term anticoagulation therapy, this discussion presents the current status and some recommendations for practice.
AB - Patients of advanced age commonly undergo invasive procedures and surgery. With the number of elderly individuals being treated with long-term anticoagulant therapy growing annually, it is not uncommon that surgery is contemplated for older adults on long-term anticoagulant therapy. This article focuses on the management of elderly patients who are on long-term anticoagulant therapy, principally with warfarin, who must undergo invasive procedures. Although no consensus has been reached regarding the perioperative management of patients on long-term anticoagulation therapy, this discussion presents the current status and some recommendations for practice.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0749-0690(05)70114-2
DO - 10.1016/S0749-0690(05)70114-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 11270131
AN - SCOPUS:0035109955
SN - 0749-0690
VL - 17
SP - 189
EP - 202
JO - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
JF - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
IS - 1
ER -