Safety of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy of neck lesions in patients taking antithrombotic/anticoagulant medications

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 157-159

  Abu Yousef, Monzer M ^a   Larson, Joshua H ^a   Kuehn, David M ^a   Wu, Andrew S ^a   Laroia, Archana T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

fine needle aspiration biopsy; preprocedural anticoagulation; ultrasound guided biopsy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMATOMA; HEMORRHAGE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TICLOPIDINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WARFARIN;

EID: 80052437256     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: 15360253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e31822b5681     Document Type: Article

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