When patients on warfarin need surgery

Amir K. Jaffer; Daniel J. Brotman; Nkem Chukwumerije

doi:10.3949/ccjm.70.11.973

When patients on warfarin need surgery

Amir K. Jaffer, Daniel J. Brotman, Nkem Chukwumerije

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Abstract

When a patient who has been taking warfarin long-term needs to undergo surgery, how to manage his or her anticoagulation is controversial. We believe most patients should stop taking warfarin 5 days before elective surgery, and most do not need to receive heparin in the perioperative period as a bridge to surgery.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	973-984
Number of pages	12
Journal	Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
Volume	70
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.70.11.973
State	Published - Nov 2003
Externally published	Yes

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