4.5Anticoagulants (Figure 4.9)

- Consider coordinating with physician and surgeon to establish a plan regarding adjusting anticoagulants for an elective procedure, balancing the risk between re‐thrombosis and postoperative hemostasis
Direct Thrombin Inhibitors
- Dabigatran
- Hirudin
- Mechanism of Action
- Directly binds and inhibits thrombin
- Clinical Implications
- Local hemostasis techniques
- Minimally invasive procedure
- Continue drug perioperatively [23]
- Moderate/high bleeding expected
- Discuss with surgeon and physician
- Consider delaying elective cases until patient no longer requires anticoagulant therapy
- Consider heparin bridge therapy for high‐risk patients
- Discontinuation time depends on renal function [24]
- Reversal
- Dabigatran
- Idarucizumab
- Dabigatran

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