Discontinuation of anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy for transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies: A single-center experience

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 234-239

  Raheem, Omer A ^a   Casey, Rowan G ^a   Galvin, David J ^a   Manecksha, Rustom P ^a   Varadaraj, Haradikar ^a   McDermott, T E D ^a   Grainger, Ronald ^a   Lynch, Thomas H ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Antiplatelets; Transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOPIDOGREL; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; OFLOXACIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY CARE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOSPERMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PROSTATE BIOPSY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SEPSIS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860000015     PISSN: 20056737     EISSN: 20056745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2012.53.4.234     Document Type: Article

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