Journal article
Treatment of bleeding complications in patients on anticoagulant therapy
Abstract
Anticoagulant therapy is often refrained from out of fear of hemorrhagic complications. The most frequent type of major bleeding is gastrointestinal, but intracranial hemorrhage has the worst prognosis. Management of these complications in patients on anticoagulants should follow the same routines as for nonanticoagulated patients, as described here with the previously mentioned bleeds as examples. In addition, for life-threatening or massive …
Authors
Piran S; Schulman S
Journal
Blood, Vol. 133, No. 5, pp. 425–435
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Publication Date
January 31, 2019
DOI
10.1182/blood-2018-06-820746
ISSN
0006-4971