Antiplatelet therapy and the risk of bleeding induced by gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures: A systematic review of the literature and recommendations

Digestion

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-45

  Kimchi, N A ^a,b   Broide, E ^a,b   Scapa, E ^a,b   Birkenfeld, S ^c  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Colonoscopy; Endoscopic sphincterotomy; Gastrointestinal endoscopy; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Platelet aggregation inhibitors; Polypectomy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STOMACH EROSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ASPIRIN; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLEEDING TIME; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK FACTORS; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC;

EID: 34248201232     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101565     Document Type: Review

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