Clopidogrel: Is a surgical delay necessary in fractured neck of femur?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 310-313

  Nwachuku, Iheanyi C ^a   Jones, Morgan ^a   Clough, Timothy M ^a  

^a Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clopidogrel; Dipyridamole; Femur; Hip fractures; Orthopaedics

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; METABOLISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TICLOPIDINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960357082     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588411X571106     Document Type: Article

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