Anticoagulation and neuraxial block: Historical perspective, anesthetic implications, and risk management

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6 SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 129-134

  Horlocker, Terese T ^a   Wedel, Denise J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; BACKACHE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0031772703     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1098-7339(98)90137-7     Document Type: Review

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