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- Title
Guidelines for the management of patients who are taking oral anticoagulants and who require dental surgery.
- Authors
Richards, Derek
- Abstract
Scope and purposeThis aims to provide healthcare professionals, including primary care dental practitioners, with clear guidance on the management of patients who are taking oral anticoagulants and who need dental surgery.MethodsMedline and Embase databases were searched from 1950–2006 using the following keywords: dental, surgery, oral and anticoagulants. The guideline was developed according to the guidelines of the British Committee for Standards in Haematology (BCSH), which can be seen in detail at www.bcshguidelines.com/process1.asp. The system for classification of evidence and grading of recommendations is shown in table 1.Review and updatingBSCH indicate that updating review of the guideline is planned for 2011.RecommendationsThe guideline make 5 key recommendations which are shown in Table 2.Research recommendationsNone were given.Evidence-Based Dentistry (2008) 9, 5–6. doi:10.1038/sj.ebd.6400558
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; ANTICOAGULANTS; ORAL medicine; DENTISTS; DENTISTRY; GREAT Britain. Committee for Standards in Haematology
- Publication
Evidence-Based Dentistry, 2008, Vol 9, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
1462-0049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.ebd.6400558