Direct oral anticoagulants should often be suspended for longer before neuraxial blockade

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2023 May;67(5):682-683. doi: 10.1111/aas.14209. Epub 2023 Feb 3.

Authors

Owain D Thomas^{1

2}, Karin Strandberg³, Ulf Schött^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Institution of Clinical Science Lund, Medical Faculty, Lund University, Sweden.
² Department of Thoracic Surgery and Anaesthesia, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
³ Department of Clinical Chemistry, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Perioperative and Intensive Care, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.

PMID: 36715446
DOI: 10.1111/aas.14209

No abstract available

Keywords: DOAC; direct acting oral coagulants; hemorrhage; neuraxial block; risk; surgery.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Administration, Oral
Anesthesia, Conduction*
Anticoagulants* / therapeutic use
Humans

Substances

Anticoagulants