Risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding with low-dose acetylsalicylic acid alone and in combination with clopidogrel and other medications

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1108-1115

  García Rodríguez, Luis A ^a   Lin, Kueiyu Joshua ^b   Hernández Díaz, Sonia ^b   Johansson, Saga ^c  

^a Spanish Centre for Pharmacoepidemiological Research ^*  (Spain)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

aspirin; clopidogrel; drug therapy, combination; hemorrhage; safety

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 79953043171     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.973008     Document Type: Article

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