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Lauren D Briete1, William F Towers, Rachel Bone
1Department of Pharmacy, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson (Dr Briete); Department of Pharmacy, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas (Dr Towers); Department of Pharmacy, Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee (Drs Bone and Cutshall); Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford Healthcare, Stanford, California (Mr Nair); Department of Pharmacy, Indiana University Health Arnett Hospital, Lafayette (Dr Steck); and Department of Pharmacy, Mercy Health, Janesville, Wisconsin (Dr Shah).
Managing anticoagulation during surgery requires individual risk assessment and careful planning. This review guides nurses on perioperative anticoagulation, including bridging and special populations, addressing scarce clinical evidence.
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