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Periprocedural management of antithrombotic therapy in hospitalized patients.
J Hosp Med. 2014 Feb 18;
Authors: Feinbloom D
Abstract
The management of antithrombotic medications in patients requiring invasive procedures is a common problem in hospital medicine, for which there is limited evidence to guide clinical decision making. Existing guidelines do not address many hospital-based procedures and have not kept pace with the introduction of newer antiplatelet and anticoagulant medications. This article provides a conceptual framework for the periprocedural management of antithrombotic therapy, with a focus on the procedures that hospitalists are most likely to perform and the pharmacology of the common and newer antithrombotic medications. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2014;. © 2014 Society of Hospital Medicine.
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