Perioperative Management of Patients on Antiplatelet or Anticoagulant Drugs
Perioperative Management of Patients on Antiplatelet or Anticoagulant Drugs
This topic comes in tandem with the page on regional anaesthesia in the patient on antiplatelets or anticoagulants, with crossover from cardiac and vascular sections too.
The relevant curriculum items include 'Perioperative management of antiplatelet medication' and 'Demonstrates knowledge of anticoagulant and thrombolytic prophylaxis and therapy'.
Resources
- Peri-operative management of anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy (British Journal of Haematology, 2017)
- Addendum to the guideline on the peri-operative management of anti-coagulation and anti-platelet therapy (British Journal of Haematology, 2022)
- ESC focused update on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease (European Society of Cardiology, 2017)
- Perioperative management of oral anticoagulation (BJA Education, 2018)
- Anticoagulants and the perioperative period (BJA Education, 2006)
- Antiplatelet agents and anaesthesia (BJA Education, 2007)
- Perioperative management of antiplatelet therapy (BJA, 2013)
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