Regional Anesthesia in the Patient Receiving Antithrombotic or Thrombolytic therapy

- Purpose and Scope

The purpose of these guidelines is to assist anesthesiologists to enhance the quality of their anesthetic practice based on evidence for care of Regional anesthesia in the patient receiving antithrombotic or thrombolytic therapy, leading to improve patient safety, improve in health indicators such as mortality and incidence and severity of regional anesthesia-related complications and to increase patient satisfaction.

These guidelines focus on the anesthetic management of Regional anesthesia in the patient receiving antithrombotic or thrombolytic therapy

The intended patient population includes all patients receiving antithrombotic or thrombolytic therapy undergoing neuraxial block or deep plexus/peripheral block.