Safety of dental extraction among consecutive patients on oral anticoagulant treatment managed using a specific dental management protocol

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-30

  Zanon, Ezio ^a   Martinelli, Franco ^a   Bacci, Christian ^a   Cordioli, GianPiero ^a   Girolami, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticoagulated patients; Coumarin therapy; Dental extraction

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; COUMARIN; FIBRIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SUTURE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 12244269067     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001721-200301000-00006     Document Type: Article

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