Thursday, April 22, 2010

Asra 2010 Guidelines

The new guidelines from ASRA for Regional Anesthesia in the Patient Receiving Antithrombotic or Thrombolytic Therapy are here:
http://journals.lww.com/rapm/Fulltext/2010/01000/Regional_Anesthesia_in_the_Patient_Receiving.13.aspx

In particular:

4.5.2 Single-daily dosing. The first postoperative LMWH dose should be administered 6 to 8 hrs postoperatively. The second postoperative dose should occur no sooner than 24 hrs after the first dose. Indwelling neuraxial catheters may be safely maintained. However, the catheter should be removed a minimum of 10 to 12 hrs after the last dose of LMWH. Subsequent LMWH dosing should occur a minimum of 2 hrs after catheter removal. No additional hemostasis-altering medications should be administered due to the additive effects.

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