TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing direct oral anticoagulants, in accordance with the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme guidance, for patients undergoing dentoalveolar surgery
AU - Woolcombe, Sarah
AU - Ball, Rebecca
AU - Patel, Jignesh
N1 - Funding Information:
Sarah A. Woolcombe and Rebecca E. Ball have no conflicts of interest. Jignesh P. Patel has received an investigator-initiated research grant from Bayer.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/4/22
Y1 - 2022/4/22
N2 - Introduction The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) guidance on the management of dental patients taking anticoagulant or antiplatelet drugs provides recommendations on the management of patients taking direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). This guidance was developed by a multidisciplinary Guidance Development Group, based on available resources at the time of publication. We aim to describe our experience of managing a cohort of adult patients prescribed DOACs, undergoing dentoalveolar procedures in accordance with the SDCEP guidance, between April 2017 and March 2020. Methods As part of our routine practice, patients received a telephone consultation one week following treatment, to assess any post-operative bleeding. Review of the clinical notes was used to assess clinician adherence to the guidance recommendations. Results In total, 98 patients underwent 119 dentoalveolar procedures. Persistent bleeding followed 17 (14.3%) procedures, of which 11 (9.2%) procedures required specific intervention. Absolute compliance with the recommendations was 43.7%, supporting the recommendation for audit and staff education. Discussion A diagnosis of heart failure and advanced age were identified as contributory factors to post-operative bleeding. Conclusions The SDCEP guidance is safe to follow, with no patients experiencing major haemorrhage. Consulting a medical specialist for patients with heart failure of likely significance, based on the medical or drug history, in addition to those who report an advanced heart failure diagnosis and the frail/older person, could reduce the incidence of post-operative bleeding.
AB - Introduction The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) guidance on the management of dental patients taking anticoagulant or antiplatelet drugs provides recommendations on the management of patients taking direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). This guidance was developed by a multidisciplinary Guidance Development Group, based on available resources at the time of publication. We aim to describe our experience of managing a cohort of adult patients prescribed DOACs, undergoing dentoalveolar procedures in accordance with the SDCEP guidance, between April 2017 and March 2020. Methods As part of our routine practice, patients received a telephone consultation one week following treatment, to assess any post-operative bleeding. Review of the clinical notes was used to assess clinician adherence to the guidance recommendations. Results In total, 98 patients underwent 119 dentoalveolar procedures. Persistent bleeding followed 17 (14.3%) procedures, of which 11 (9.2%) procedures required specific intervention. Absolute compliance with the recommendations was 43.7%, supporting the recommendation for audit and staff education. Discussion A diagnosis of heart failure and advanced age were identified as contributory factors to post-operative bleeding. Conclusions The SDCEP guidance is safe to follow, with no patients experiencing major haemorrhage. Consulting a medical specialist for patients with heart failure of likely significance, based on the medical or drug history, in addition to those who report an advanced heart failure diagnosis and the frail/older person, could reduce the incidence of post-operative bleeding.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41415-022-3999-y
DO - 10.1038/s41415-022-3999-y
M3 - Article
SN - 0007-0610
VL - 232
SP - 547
EP - 554
JO - British Dental Journal
JF - British Dental Journal
IS - 8
ER -