GUIDELINES FOR PATIENTS RECEIVING LITHIUM TREATMENT WHO REQUIRE MAJOR SURGERY
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Management of patients who are receiving warfarin or a new oral anticoagulant and require urgent or emergency surgery.
An increasing number of patients are receiving long‑term oral anticoagulant therapy and the availability of new oral anticoagulants (OACs), which are easier to use than warfarin, will further expand the population of anticoagulated patients. As a consequence, an increasing number of patients will need perioperative anticoagulant management because of elective or nonelective surgery or procedure...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/59.6.809