The rate of post-polypectomy bleeding for patients on uninterrupted clopidogrel therapy during elective colonoscopy is acceptably low

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2631-2638

  Feagins, Linda A ^a,b,c   Uddin, Fatema S ^a,b   Davila, Raquel E ^a,b   Harford, William V ^a,b   Spechler, Stuart J ^a,b  

^a VA North Texas Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Clopidogrel; Polypectomy; Post polypectomy bleed; Thienopyridines

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POST POLYPECTOMY BLEEDING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 80054745979     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1682-2     Document Type: Article

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