title: Continued anticoagulation in oral surgery procedures.
abstract: Anticoagulants are used in a number of clinical settings for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic disease. The oral surgeon is seeing an increasing number of these anticoagulated patients with oral and dental disease. A technique is presented which minimizes the nonanticoagulated time for a patient requiring an oral surgical procedure. The technique requires hospitalization and should be used only for patients who are in danger of thromboembolism.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology; D003374:Coumarins / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D011516:Prothrombin / Q000378:metabolism; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D003374:Coumarins; D014812:Vitamin K; D011516:Prothrombin; D006493:Heparin