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: Jeong YM, Chung JE, Choi KS, Jeon MS, Yee J, Lee E, Kim KI, Lee BK, Gwak HS Tags: Asian J Surg Source Type: research
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