Guidelines for gastroenterological endoscopy in patients undergoing antithrombotic treatment

Guidelines for gastroenterological endoscopy in patients undergoing antithrombotic treatment have been produced by the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society in collaboration with the Japan Circulation Society, the Japanese Society of Neurology, the Japan Stroke Society, the Japanese Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis and the Japan Diabetes Society. Previous guidelines from the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society have focused primarily on prevention of hemorrhage after gastroenterological endoscopy as a result of continuation ofantithrombotic therapy, without considering the associated risk of thrombosis. The new edition of the guidelines includes discussions of gastroenterological hemorrhage associated with continuation of antithrombotic therapy, as well as thromboembolism associated with withdrawal of antithrombotic therapy.

Source: Digestive Endoscopy - November 12, 2013 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Kazuma Fujimoto, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Mototsugu Kato, Kazuhide Higuchi, Ryuichi Iwakiri, Choitsu Sakamoto, Shinichiro Uchiyama, Atsunori Kashiwagi, Hisao Ogawa, Kazunari Murakami, Tetsuya Mine, Junji Yoshino, Yoshikazu Kinoshita, Masao Ichinose, Toshiyuki Tags: Guideline Source Type: research