Association between preoperative use of antithrombotic medications and intraoperative transfusion in older patients undergoing cancer surgery.

CONCLUSIONS: It was found that the perioperative use of long-acting anticoagulants was associated with an increased risk of intraoperative transfusion, further highlighting the importance of medication optimization for elderly patients with cancer surgery. PMID: 31253383 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Asian Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Asian J Surg Source Type: research