Why the study?
When multiple antithrombotic therapies are urgently initiated, the optimal timing and treatment modification for epidural catheter removal are challenging, with scarce reports and no specific guidelines.
Does point-of-care coagulation and platelet function monitoring prevent epidural hematoma during epidural catheter removal in a patient receiving emergency triple antithrombotic therapy?
Does point-of-care coagulation and platelet function monitoring prevent epidural hematoma during epidural catheter removal in a patient receiving emergency triple antithrombotic therapy?
Point-of-care coagulation and platelet function monitoring may provide helpful guidance for the safe removal of epidural catheters in patients requiring urgent multiple antithrombotic therapy.
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May guide epidural catheter removal timing on urgent antithrombotic therapy; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Orfanou et al. (2021) studied this question.
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