Rationale and design of the PeriOperative ISchemic Evaluation-2 (POISE-2) trial: An international 2 × 2 factorial randomized controlled trial of acetyl-salicylic acid vs placebo and clonidine vs placebo in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery

American Heart Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Devereaux, Philip J ^a  

^a HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLONIDINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONCARDIAC SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX SURGERY; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; ASPIRIN; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 84901812932     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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