Low rate of postpolypectomy bleeding among patients who continue thienopyridine therapy during colonoscopy

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1325-1332

  Feagins, Linda A ^a,b   Iqbal, Ramiz ^a   Harford, William V ^a,b   Halai, Akeel ^a   Cryer, Byron L ^a,b   Dunbar, Kerry B ^a,b   Davila, Raquel E ^c   Spechler, Stuart J ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clopidogrel; Complication; Heart Disease; Hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTPOLYPECTOMY BLEEDING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CI; CLOPIDOGREL; COMPLICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEART DISEASE; HEMORRHAGE; NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG; NSAID; POSTPOLYPECTOMY BLEEDING; PPB; VA; VETERANS AFFAIRS;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRIDINES;

EID: 84884354394     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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