Surgical workload, risk factors and complications in patients on warfarin with gastrointestinal bleeding

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-55

  Som, Robin ^a   Gossage, James A ^b   Crane, Anna ^c   Rowe, Paul H ^d  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Atrial fibrillation; Bleeding; Gastrointestinal; Haemorrhage; Risk factor; Upper GI; Warfarin; Workload

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DIVERTICULOSIS; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEOPLASM; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; WORKLOAD;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POLYPHARMACY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WARFARIN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 75749090334     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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