Regional anaesthesia in patients on antithrombotic drugs: Joint ESAIC/ESRA guidelines

CONCLUSION In patients taking antiplatelet or anticoagulant medications, practitioners must consider the bleeding risk both before and after nerve blockade and during insertion or removal of a catheter. Healthcare teams managing such patients must be aware of the risk and be competent in detecting and managing any possible haematomas.
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Guideline Source Type: research