Current Practices in Anticoagulation Management for Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Image-guided Breast Procedures.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Given variability in how practices manage patients on antithrombotic medications, we undertook this study to understand the current practice of antithrombotic management for patients undergoing percutaneous breast and axillary procedures.

Methods

A 20-item survey with multiple-choice and write-in options was emailed to 2094 active North American members of the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) in March 2021. Data were collected anonymously and analyzed quantitatively, with free-text responses categorized by themes.

Results

Three-hundred twenty-six of 2094 members (15.6%) completed the survey. Eighty-seven percent (274/313) reported having a policy for managing antithrombotic medications. Fifty-nine percent (185/312) reported routinely withholding medications b

SUBMITTER: Brown T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10380696 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature