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Managing New Oral Anticoagulants in the Perioperative and Intensive Care Unit Setting
Managing patients in the perioperative setting receiving novel oral anticoagulation agents for thromboprophylaxis or stroke prevention with atrial fibrillation is an important consideration for clinicians. The novel oral anticoagulation agents include direct Factor Xa inhibitors rivaroxaban and apixaban, and the direct thrombin inhibitor dabigatran. In elective surgery, discontinuing their use is important, but renal function must also be considered because elimination is highly dependent on renal elimination. If bleeding occurs in patients who have received these agents, common principles of bleeding management as with an...
Source: Anesthesiology - April 23, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Education: Review Article Source Type: research
