Preoperative Warfarin Reversal for Early Hip Fracture Surgery
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Preoperative warfarin reversal for early hip fracture surgery.
PURPOSE To evaluate our hospital protocol of low-dose vitamin K titration for preoperative warfarin reversal for early hip fracture surgery. METHODS Records of 16 men and 33 women aged 63 to 93 (mean, 81) years who were taking warfarin for atrial fibrillation (n=40), venous thromboembolism (n=9), cerebrovascular accident (n=3), and prosthetic heart valve (n=3) and underwent surgery for hip fr...
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Edward Dawe FRCS(Tr & Orth) BSC(Hons) Dip(SEM), Specialty Registrar Year 8, Royal Surrey County Hospital Guildford, Honorary Clinical Lecturer Brighton and Sussex Medical School, ORKSS research collaborative Piers Page MPhil MRCSEd, Specialty Registrar Year 4, Frimley Park Hospital, Honorary Clinical Lecturer Brighton and Sussex Medical School, ORKSS research collaborative Hip fracture, while a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2309-4990,2309-4990
DOI: 10.1177/230949901502300108