Perioperative bridging of anticoagulation: towards a more reserved approach.

CONCLUSION: New evidence from the Dutch national guideline on perioperative bridging was adopted by physicians before the local hospital protocol was updated. Low incidence of thromboembolism in non-bridged patients and high incidence of bleeding in bridged patients support a more restrictive bridging policy. PMID: 31814575 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31814575?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Netherlands Journal of Medicine - September 30, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Mol GCM, Büller HR, Sinnige HAM, Péquériaux NCV, Coppens M Tags: Neth J Med Source Type: research