THROMBOEMBOLISM accounts for much of the morbidity and mortality that follow major trauma. Patients with fractures of the hip are especially prone to the development of venous thromboses, perhaps ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Further results from the MASTER DAPT trial of abbreviated dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients at high bleeding risk stratified by use of oral ...

Anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents pose a great risk in patients undergoing surgery. Because these products inhibit at least one, and often multiple, factors in the clotting cascade, patients have ...