Perioperative management of oral anticoagulation

Clin Geriatr Med. 2006 Feb;22(1):199-213, xi. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2005.09.008.

Abstract

Based on an individual assessment of risk factors for arterial or venous thrombosis and the risk of postoperative bleeding, this article outlines the preoperative and postoperative approach to anticoagulant management. Preceding this is a brief description of the therapies most commonly used in the perioperative period. The prevention of arterial thromboembolism is considered separately from the prevention of venous thrombosis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anticoagulants / adverse effects
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Female
  • Geriatric Assessment
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
  • Perioperative Care / methods*
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Factors
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / adverse effects*
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / methods
  • Survival Rate
  • Thromboembolism / drug therapy
  • Thromboembolism / prevention & control*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anticoagulants