Guidelines for the management of patients on oral anticoagulants requiring dental surgery

British Dental Journal

Volumn 203, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 389-393

  Perry, D J ^a   Noakes, T J C ^b   Helliwell, P S ^c  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; WARFARIN;

EID: 35348887916     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.892     Document Type: Article

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