Clinical Practice and Guidelines for Managing Antithrombotics before and after Endoscopy: A National Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

The proper handling of antithrombotics is critical, and this study aimed to assess guideline adherence in the management of antithrombotics before and after endoscopy.

Methods

A survey questionnaire was developed. The respondents' demographic information was included, and the questionnaire was divided into the first section for forceps biopsy, the second for polypectomy, and the third for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in which aspirin, clopidogrel, combination therapy (aspirin and clopidogrel), warfarin, and direct oral anticoagulants (apixaban) were prescribed to imaginary patients.

Results

A total of 415 endoscopists completed this survey (response rate of 6.2%, 415/6,673). The percentage of respondents who chose to proceed with biopsy for p

SUBMITTER: Jeon SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7234876 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature