Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy

JAMA. 2024 Aug 6;332(5):420-421. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.5880.
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Plain language summary

This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the American College of Chest Physicians’ 2022 guideline on perioperative management of patients taking oral anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy who are undergoing an elective surgery or procedure.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Anticoagulants* / administration & dosage
  • Anticoagulants* / adverse effects
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications
  • Atrial Fibrillation / drug therapy
  • Blood Loss, Surgical / prevention & control
  • Elective Surgical Procedures / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Perioperative Care* / standards
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors* / administration & dosage
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors* / adverse effects
  • Postoperative Hemorrhage* / chemically induced
  • Postoperative Hemorrhage* / prevention & control
  • Thromboembolism* / etiology
  • Thromboembolism* / prevention & control
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors