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lüll Perioperative management of patients receiving vitamin K antagonists Ickx BE; Steib ACan J Anaesth 2006[Jun]; 53 (6 Suppl): S113-22PURPOSE: As the number of patients taking vitamin K antagonists (VKA) is growing, the clinician is increasingly faced with having to make decisions regarding anticoagulation therapy before, during and immediately after surgery. In this article we review the indications for VKA and assess their use in the perioperative period based on available pharmacological and clinical data. SOURCE: An on-line computerized search of Medline was conducted limited to English and French language articles. The bibliographies of relevant articles and additional material from other published sources were retrieved and reviewed. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Assessment of patients taking VKA who need surgery must include three factors: 1) the indication for anticoagulation, which determines the thromboembolic risk; 2) the pharmacokinetics of VKA, which determine the moment at which treatment should be discontinued; and 3) the type of surgery, which determines the hemorrhagic risk. Some patients will need to stop VKA treatment and start a substitution or "bridging" anticoagulant therapy, such as unfractionated heparin or low molecular weight heparin, prior to and after surgery. In patients requiring emergency surgery, prothrombin complex concentrate can be used to improve coagulation and is preferable to, although more expensive than fresh frozen plasma. CONCLUSIONS: For the perioperative setting, further studies are required to determine the optimal substitution ("bridging") regimen and the clinical circumstances that necessitate substitution therapy.|*Perioperative Care[MESH]|Anticoagulants/adverse effects/pharmacokinetics/*therapeutic use[MESH]|Contraindications[MESH]|Emergency Medical Services[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Monitoring, Intraoperative[MESH]|Surgical Procedures, Operative[MESH]|Vitamin K/*antagonists & inhibitors[MESH] |