The ACG and Canadian Association of Gastroenterology have developed recommendations for the management of anticoagulants and antiplatelets during acute gastrointestinal bleeding and the elective periendoscopic period.
“We aimed to bring together clinical content and methodological experts in gastrointestinal endoscopy and GI bleeding, hematology, and cardiology to create pragmatic, principle-based guidance related to managing antiplatelet and anticoagulant drugs before endoscopy and in the setting of gastrointestinal bleeding,” Neena S. Abraham, MD, MSc (Epi), FACG, of the Mayo