NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Better Risk Assessment Needed for Colonoscopy Patients Taking Antithrombotic Agents

Pausing antithrombotic agents for colonoscopy was associated with higher odds of thromboembolic events after colonoscopy, particularly in patients with high underlying thromboembolic risk, in a single-center observational study in Hong Kong.

A dearth of real-world data related to post-polypectomy bleeding and thromboembolic (TE) events led researchers to conduct a retrospective cohort study of 6,220 consecutive patients who underwent colonoscopy at Queen Mary Hospital of Hong Kong between