Study for determination of the optimal cessation period of therapy with anti-platelet agents prior to invasive endoscopic procedures - Komatsu, Tomoko; Tamai, Yoshiko; Takami, Hideki; Yamagata, Kazufumi; Fukuda, Shinsaku; Munakata, Akihiro (Journal of gastroenterology, 2005)
Keywords: Adult; anti-platelet agents; Aspirin - adverse effects; Aspirin - pharmacology; Bleeding Time; cessation period; Cohort Studies; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Administration Schedule; Drug Therapy, Combination; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal - adverse effects; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal - methods; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - prevention & control; Hemostasis - drug effects; Hemostasis - physiology; Humans; invasive endoscopic procedure; Male; Maximum Tolerated Dose; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - adverse effects; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - pharmacology; Platelet Function Tests; Probability; quantitative bleeding time test; Reference Values; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity and Specificity; Statistics, Nonparametric; Ticlopidine - adverse effects; Ticlopidine - pharmacology; Time Factors