[Do antiplatelet agents (aspirin and other antiplatelets such as clopidogrel) increase the risk of hemorrhagic complications after endoscopic polypectomy or endoscopic sphincterotomy and should these drugs therefore be withdrawn 7-10 days before these procedures are performed?].
Argüello Viudez
Lidia
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Unidad de Endoscopias, Servicio de Medicina Digestiva, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia. arguello_lid@gva.es
D001241:Aspirin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D013997:Time Factors
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine; D001241:Aspirin