Peri-Operative Medicine

Questions discussed in this category

Do you routinely use higher-dose VTE prophylaxis in patients admitted with traumatic orthopedic injuries undergoing surgery?

For example, would you recommend using enoxaparin 30 mg BID instead of 40 mg QD?

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When do you consider using aspirin 81 mg PO BID for VTE prophylaxis over other agents in patients with a fracture, considering recent trial data?

O'Toole et al., PMID 36652352

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What are your recommendations for perioperative management of DMARDs and biologics in patients undergoing bariatric surgery?

The bariatrics department wants patients to hold immunosuppressants for 4 months prior to bariatric surgery.

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Papers discussed in this category

The New England journal of medicine, 2023 Jan 19

Aspirin or Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin for Thromboprophylaxis after a Fracture.

JAMA, 2022 Aug 23

Effect of Aspirin vs Enoxaparin on Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: The CRISTAL Randomized Trial.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2020 Mar 24

Immunosuppression and the risk of readmission and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing hip fracture, abdominopelvic and cardiac surgery.

Arthritis care & research, 2022 Jun 19

2022 American College of Rheumatology/American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Guideline for the Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip or Total Knee Arthroplasty.

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