Surgeon's guide to anticoagulant and antiplatelet medications part two: antiplatelet agents and perioperative management of long-term anticoagulation.

Authors

Louise Y Y Yeung
Babak Sarani, George Washington University
Jordan A Weinberg
Paul B McBeth
Addison K May

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Journal

Trauma Surg Acute Care Open

Volume

1

Issue

1

DOI

10.1136/tsaco-2016-000022

Abstract

An increasing number of potent antiplatelet and anticoagulant medications are being used for the long-term management of cardiac, cerebrovascular, and peripheral vascular conditions. Management of these medications in the perioperative and peri-injury settings can be challenging for surgeons, mandating an understanding of these agents and the risks and benefits of various management strategies. In this two part review, agents commonly encountered by surgeons in the perioperative and peri-injury settings are discussed and management strategies for patients on long-term antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy reviewed. In part one, we review warfarin and the new direct oral anticoagulants. In part two, we review antiplatelet agents and assessment of platelet function and the perioperative management of long-term anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy.

Comments

Reproduced with permission of BMJ Publishing. Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

APA Citation

Yeung, L., Sarani, B., Weinberg, J., McBeth, P., & May, A. (2016). Surgeon's guide to anticoagulant and antiplatelet medications part two: antiplatelet agents and perioperative management of long-term anticoagulation.. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open, 1 (1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2016-000022

Peer Reviewed

1

Open Access

1