Assessment of the risk of bleeding in patients undergoing surgery or invasive procedures: Guidelines of the Italian Society for Haemostasis and Thrombosis (SISET)

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Cosmi, Benilde ^a   Alatri, Adriano ^b   Cattaneo, Marco ^c   Gresele, Paolo ^d   Marietta, Marco ^e   Rodeghiero, Francesco ^f   Tripodi, Armando ^g   Ansaloni, Luca ^a   Fusari, Maurizio ^a   Taddei, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^f SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLEEDING TIME; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349854891     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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