Tuesday 4 June 2013

To stop or not to stop antithrombotic during dental procedure in Ischemic stroke patient?

This is the question. ACP intern weekly http://www.acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2013/6/4/index.html#1 summarised various procedure possibly, no need to stop during various procedure. In the article, aspirin or warfarin do not need to be stop during dental procedure .  During tooth extraction, advice should be given to minimise extensive surgery and using firm sutures or postoperative packs.