The Effect of Preoperative Clopidogrel on Bleeding After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 88-92

  Kang, Wade ^a   Theman, Terrell E ^a   Reed III, James F ^a   Stoltzfus, Jill ^a   Weger, Natalie ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antiplatelet therapy; blood loss; clopidogrel; coronary artery bypass grafting; Patient Care; post operative bleeding; transfusion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

AGED; ASPIRIN; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHEST TUBES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TICLOPIDINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947616803     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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