Managing anticoagulation and antiplatelet medications in GI endoscopy: a survey comparing the East and the West

Lee SY 1 , Tang SJ , Rockey DC , Weinstein D , Lara L , Sreenarasimhaiah J Show all authors , Choi KW , Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Disease

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  • 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Gastrointest Endosc, 2008 Jun;67(7):1076-81.
PMID: 18384789 DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.11.037

Abstract

Anticoagulation and antiplatelet medications may potentiate GI bleeding, and their use may lead to an increased need for a GI endoscopy. We hypothesized that there might be different practice patterns among international endoscopists.

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