Perioperative international normalized ratio level is a poor predictor of postoperative bleeding complications in dermatological surgery patients taking warfarin

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 522-526

  Blasdale, C ^a,b   Lawrence, C M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Bleeding; Cutaneous; Surgery; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WARFARIN;

EID: 39049127911     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08419.x     Document Type: Article

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