Perioperative Anticoagulation Management: Multimedia

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• Antithrombotic therapy supplement. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement - Private Nonprofit Organization. 2001 Sep (revised 2007 Aug). 64 pages. [NGC Update Pending] NGC:005971
• Guidelines on oral anticoagulation (warfarin): third edition - 2005 update. British Committee for Standards in Haematology - Professional Association. 2006 Feb. 9 pages. NGC:006187
• The perioperative management of antithrombotic therapy. American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (8th edition). American College of Chest Physicians - Medical Specialty Society. 2008 Jun. 41 pages. NGC:006671

Keywords

perioperative anticoagulation management, anticoagulation medication, antithrombotic therapy, Coumadin therapy, warfarin therapy, deep venous thrombosis, DVT, pulmonary embolism, PE, antithrombin III deficiency, ATIII deficiency, protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency,
 
thromboembolism, venous thromboembolic disease, arterial thromboembolic disease, prosthetic heart valves, atrial fibrillation, congestive cardiomyopathies, mural cardiac thrombus, acute myocardial infarction, mitral valve disease, disseminated intravascular coagulation, vascular grafts, vascular shunts, vascular bypasses

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Brian James Daley, MD, MBA, FACS, Associate Program Director, Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Tennessee School of Medicine
Brian James Daley, MD, MBA, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, Association for Surgical Education, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Shock Society, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Southeastern Surgical Congress, and Tennessee Medical Association
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Dana Taylor, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tennessee; Consulting Surgeon, University General Surgeons, PC
Dana Taylor, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and Southeastern Surgical Congress
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Jose Fernando Aycinena, MD, Staff Physician, Department of General Surgery, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Jose Fernando Aycinena, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons and Tennessee Medical Association
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Marc D Basson, MD, PhD, MBA, Professor, Chair, Department of Surgery, Michigan State University
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Paolo Zamboni, MD, Professor of Surgery, Chief of Day Surgery Unit, Chair of Vascular Diseases Center, University of Ferrara, Italy
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